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| Plot Summary of Urban Protest in Seventeeth Century France |
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"Professor Beik examines in depth the interaction of crowds and authorities in the seventeenth century. Beik focuses his work on cities within France, to gain an understanding of the community reaction to outside pressure from the King such as implementing new taxes on the artisans.
Beik's work is dense and he uses a multitude of primary sources. The work is about urban protesters and how they tried to force the government to be fair through the only way they knew how. Their protests were often violent, they threw rock and burned houses, they killed and humiliated those who they blamed their opression on. This work details many of these urban protests.
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Tania Mitrovic, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Kind Of History
Time of history:
- 17th century
History of a people?
Yes
Nationality?
- French
Largely political history?
Yes
Social history?
Yes
Kind of political history
- general revolution
Subjects of this Historical Account
Is the portrayal sympathetic?
- Neutral
From a certain profession/group?
- simple laborers
Intelligence of subject of
history:
- Smart
Main Adversary
From a certain profession/group?
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Nationality?
- French
Is the portrayal sympathetic?
- Neutral
Setting
Small town?
Yes
If applicable, liberal/conservative?
- Historian is very moderate
Style
How much gore?
- 4 (a fair amount)
How fast-paced is the book?
- 2 (a little)
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Book makes you feel...
- challenged
How much focus on stories of individuals?
- Focuses on brief history of a lot of players
How much romance?
- 1 (None)
Historical short story collection?
Yes
Minor characters feature lots of:
- blue collar types
Pictures/Illustrations?
- A handful
Maps necessary?
- Not enough maps
Length of book
- 250-300 pages
How much emphasis on small details?
- 5 (an average amount)
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