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Paperback Riot, Risings, and Revolution: Governance and Violence in Eighteenth-Century England Book

ISBN: 0712655107

ISBN13: 9780712655101

Riot, Risings, and Revolution: Governance and Violence in Eighteenth-Century England

Britain in the eighteenth century was deeply divided; riots over politics, food and religion were endemic. Despite the relative liberty of English institutions; the penal code was the harshest in Europe - stealing a hankerchief was a capital offence. In this brilliant history of the hidden side of the eighteenth century, Ian Gilmour argues that violence usually stemmed from the incompetence or arrogance of the ruling class. He tells the story of the...

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