This lucid and wide-ranging survey is the first study in English to identify a distinctive urban phase in the history of the early modern crowd. Through close a

A magisterial history of French society between the end of the middle ages and the Revolution by one of the world's leading authorities on early modern France.

This book, first published in 1971, is a close analysis of some of the typical peasant uprisings of the seventeenth century. The goal of the movements in France

This thematically organised text provides a compelling introduction and guide to the key problems and issues of this highly controversial century. Offering a ge

"Constitutes an important and timely addition to the literature on peasant rebellion; wisely, the editors have been eclectic in drawing from some of the leading