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The Murder of Mr. Grebell - Madness and Civility in an English Town (Hardcover, New)
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The Murder of Mr. Grebell - Madness and Civility in an English Town (Hardcover, New)
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On a winter night in 1743, a local magistrate was stabbed to death
in the churchyard of Rye by an angry butcher. Why did this gruesome
crime happen? What does it reveal about the political, economic,
and cultural patterns that existed in this small English port town?
To answer these questions, this fascinating book takes us back to
the mid-sixteenth century, when religious and social tensions began
to fragment the quiet town of Rye and led to witch hunts, riots,
and violent political confrontations. Paul Monod examines events
over the course of the next two centuries, tracing the town's
transition as it moved from narrowly focused Reformation norms to
the more expansive ideas of the emerging commercial society. In the
process, relations among the town's inhabitants were fundamentally
altered. The history of Rye mirrored that of the whole nation, and
it gives us an intriguing new perspective on England in the early
modern period.
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