Carnival in Romans

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Recreates two weeks, including the Mardi Gras carnival, in the city of Romans in 1580 when the festivities degenerated to bloodshed as the leader of the popular party was assassinated by a mob.

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Title Statements

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

Summary

Recreates two weeks, including the Mardi Gras carnival, in the city of Romans in 1580 when the festivities degenerated to bloodshed as the leader of the popular party was assassinated by a mob.

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:xvi, 426 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : : maps ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0807609285, 9780807609286
oclc:ocm05008051
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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