Casualties of History: "God sent Meat into the World for us Poor as well as Rich"
We cover chapters three and four—"Satan's Strongholds" and "The Free-Born Englishman." With guest John Bohstedt (author of The Politics of Provisions: Food Riots, Moral Economy, and Market Transition in England, 1550-1850) we discuss the history and logic of riots in early modern England: why did riots occur so frequently? What did they mean? And how did they relate to the widely held ideas about English liberties, which both contributed to and inhibited the development of popular radicalism?
Secondary Readings:
John Bohstedt, Riots and Community Politics in England and Wales, 1790–1810.
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