The 1549 Rebellions and the Making of Early Modern England
Publisher: Cambridge University Press | ISBN: 0521832063 | edition 2007 | PDF | 316 pages | 1,27 mb
This is a major new study of the 1549 rebellions, the largest and most important risings in Tudor England. Based upon extensive new archival evidence, the book sheds fresh light on the causes, course and long-term consequences of the insurrections. Andy Wood focuses on key themes in the new social history of politics, concerning the end of medieval popular rebellion; the Reformation and popular politics; popular political language; early modern state formation; speech, silence and social relations; and social memory and the historical representation of the rebellions…