Carnival in Romans

by Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel

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Full title :Carnival in Romans / Emmanuel LeRoy Ladurie ; translated from the French by Mary Feeney.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1979.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):G. Braziller
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:1979.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xvi, 426 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates) : : maps

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oclc:ocn644808751
LC Classification:DC801.R75
Dewey Decimal:944/.98

The urban and rural setting -- Taxes: commoner versus noble -- Jean de Bourg's petition of grievance -- 1578: Jacques Colas and the moderate revolt -- 1579: the shadow carnival -- Strikes and debts -- Antoine Guerin, master of ceremonies -- Mardi Gras 1580 or, God on our side -- A slaughter of peasants -- "Magpies and crows have pecked out our eyes ..." -- Paradigms, confraternities, kingdoms -- The winter festival -- A word on the peasants -- Forerunners of equality.

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