Popular Culture and Popular Protest in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Author | : Michael Mullett |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2021-09-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781000424430 |
ISBN-13 | : 100042443X |
Rating | : 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Download or read book Popular Culture and Popular Protest in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe written by Michael Mullett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-05 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1987, looks at the culture of the masses and at the political language and actions of the crowd. It examines the enduring traits of a European demotic culture that was largely non-literate, and it then goes on to show how the political outlook of the lower classes arose from the moral attitudes contained in their culture, a culture that was deeply suffused by Christianity. Unlike upper-class culture, popular culture is resistant to change and has to be studied over a long period – in this case the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries. Because its themes – popular social values, riot and revolt – are pervasive over both time and space, the book’s geographical coverage is extensive, taking in most of western and central Europe.