A Plague of Insurrection: Popular Politics and Peasant Revolt in Flanders, 1323-1328 Contributor(s): Tebrake, William H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0812215265 ISBN-13: 9780812215267 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Binding Type: Paperback Published: September 1993 Annotation: Beginning as a series of scattered rural riots in late 1323, peasant insurrection escalated into a full-scale rebellion that dominated public affairs in Flanders for nearly five years. Following their own leaders, peasants defied the authority of the count of Flanders by driving his officials and their aristocratic allies from the countryside. In "A Plague of Insurrection", William H. TeBrake has written the first full-length account of the rebellion. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Western Europe - General - History | Europe - Medieval |
Dewey: 949.31 |
LCCN: 93-8222 |
Lexile Measure: 1740 |
Series: Middle Ages |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.04" W x 9" L (0.70 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps |
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Publisher Description: Beginning as a series of scattered rural riots in late 1323, peasant insurrection escalated into a full-scale rebellion that dominated public affairs in Flanders for nearly five years. Following their own leaders, peasants defied the authority of the count of Flanders by driving his officials and their aristocratic allies from the countryside. In A Plague of Insurrection, William H. TeBrake has written the first full-length account of the rebellion. |
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