Crowd Actions in Britain and France from the Middle Ages to the Modern World

Crowd Actions in Britain and France from the Middle Ages to the Modern World explores the lively and often violent world of the crowd, examining some of the key flashpoints in the history of popular action. From the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 to the Paris riots in 2005 and 2006, this volume reveals what happens when people gather together in protest. "Cover"--"Half Title" -- "Title Page" -- "Copyright Page" -- "Table of Contents" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "Notes on Contributors" -- "Introduction: The Arc of Violence: Riots, Disturbances of the Peace, Public Protests and Crowd Actions in History" -- "Part I Riots from the Middle Ages to the Age of Revolution" -- "1 Heresy, Rebellion and Utopian Courage: The English Peasant Rising of 1381" -- "2 Riot and Religion in Sixteenth-Century France" -- "3 Protest and Rebellion in Seventeenth-Century France" -- "4 The Politics of Protest in Seventeenth-Century England" -- "5 Provisioning, Power and Popular Protest from the Seventeenth Century to the French Revolution and Beyond" -- "6 Food Riots and the Politics of Provisions in Early-Modern England and France, the Irish Famine and World War I" -- "7 Nights of Fire: The Gordon Riots of 1780 and the Politics of War" -- "8 â#x80;#x98;Reformers No Riotersâ#x80;#x99;: British Radicalism and Mob Identity in the 1790s" -- "Part II Riots in the Industrial Era" -- "9 Machine-Breaking and the â#x80;#x98;Threat from Belowâ#x80;#x99; in Great Britain and France during the Early Industrial Revolution" -- "10 Militarization and Collective Action in Great Britain, 1815â#x80;#x93;20" -- "11 The Revolutionary Century? Revolts in Nineteenth-Century France" -- "12 Red May Days: Fears and Hopes in Europe in the 1890s" -- "Part III Riots in the Modern World" -- "13 1968: Politics Takes to the Pavement" -- "14 Making Other Worlds Possible? Riots, Movement and Counter-Globalisation" -- "15 Riots in Thatcherâ#x80;#x99;s Britain" -- "16 Franceâ#x80;#x99;s Burning Issue: Understanding the Urban Riots of November 2005" -- "Select Bibliography." Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction: The Arc of Violence: Riots, Disturbances of the Peace, Public Protests and Crowd Actions in History....Pages 1-13 Front Matter....Pages 15-15 Heresy, Rebellion and Utopian Courage: The English Peasant Rising of 1381....Pages 17-30 Riot and Religion in Sixteenth-Century France....Pages 31-42 Protest and Rebellion in Seventeenth-Century France....Pages 43-57 The Politics of Protest in Seventeenth-Century England....Pages 58-79 Provisioning, Power and Popular Protest from the Seventeenth Century to the French Revolution and Beyond....Pages 80-100 Food Riots and the Politics of Provisions in Early-Modern England and France, the Irish Famine and World War I....Pages 101-123 Nights of Fire: The Gordon Riots of 1780 and the Politics of War....Pages 124-145 ‘Reformers No Rioters’: British Radicalism and Mob Identity in the 1790s....Pages 146-162 Front Matter....Pages 163-163 Machine-Breaking and the ‘Threat from Below’ in Great Britain and France during the Early Industrial Revolution....Pages 165-178 Militarization and Collective Action in Great Britain, 1815–20....Pages 179-192 The Revolutionary Century? Revolts in Nineteenth-Century France....Pages 193-207 Red May Days: Fears and Hopes in Europe in the 1890s....Pages 208-222 Front Matter....Pages 223-223 1968: Politics Takes to the Pavement....Pages 225-238 Making Other Worlds Possible? Riots, Movement and Counter-Globalisation....Pages 239-255 Riots in Thatcher’s Britain....Pages 256-269 France’s Burning Issue: Understanding the Urban Riots of November 2005....Pages 270-292 Back Matter....Pages 293-301