The London Mob
Title | The London Mob PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Brink Shoemaker |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 426 |
Release | 2004-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781852853730 |
A portrait of London violence in the eighteenth century describes the economic, political, and religious conflicts that resulted in pervasive levels of crime and conflict, citing the role of everyday citizens in keeping the peace and meting out mob justice.
The London Mob
Title | The London Mob PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Shoemaker |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 410 |
Release | 2007-05-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0826433626 |
By 1700 London was the largest city in the world, with over 500,000 inhabitants. Very weakly policed, its streets saw regular outbreaks of rioting by a mob easily stirred by economic grievances, politics or religion. If the mob vented its anger more often on property than people, eighteenth-century Londoners frequently came to blows over personal disputes. In a society where men and women were quick to defend their honour, slanging matches easily turned to fisticuffs and slights on honour were avenged in duels. In this world, where the detection and prosecution of crime was the part of the business of the citizen, punishment, whether by the pillory, whipping at a cart's tail or hanging at Tyburn, was public and endorsed by crowds. The London Mob: Violence and Disorder in Eighteenth-Century England draws a fascinating portrait of the public life of the modern world's first great city.
The London Mob of the Eighteenth Century
Title | The London Mob of the Eighteenth Century PDF eBook |
Author | George Frederick Elliot Rudé |
Publisher | |
Pages | 18 |
Release | 1959 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The London Mob. Violence and Disorder in Eighteenth-Century England
Title | The London Mob. Violence and Disorder in Eighteenth-Century England PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 393 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The London Mob
Title | The London Mob PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Shoemaker |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 410 |
Release | 2007-08-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1852855576 |
A portrait of London violence in the eighteenth century describes the economic, political, and religious conflicts that resulted in pervasive levels of crime and conflict, citing the role of everyday citizens in keeping the peace and meting out mob justice.
London in the Eighteenth Century
Title | London in the Eighteenth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Sir Walter Besant |
Publisher | London : A. & C. Black |
Pages | 744 |
Release | 1902 |
Genre | London (England) |
ISBN |
The Survey of London: London in the eighteenth century. 1903
Title | The Survey of London: London in the eighteenth century. 1903 PDF eBook |
Author | Walter Besant |
Publisher | |
Pages | 740 |
Release | 1903 |
Genre | London (England) |
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