CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Afkham, Emad |
|---|---|
| Title | Peasant revolts during the french wars of religion (a socio-economic comparative study) |
| Summary | The present thesis examines three waves of the peasant revolts in France, during the French Wars of Religion. The first wave of the peasant revolts happened in southwest France in Provence, Dauphiné, and Languedoc: the second wave happened in northern France in Normandy, Brittany and Burgundy and the last one happened in western France Périgord, Limousin, Saintonge, Angoumois, Poitou, Agenais, Marche and Quercy and the whole of Guyenne. The thesis argues that the main reason for happening the widespread peasant revolts during the civil wars was due to the fundamental destruction of the countryside and the devastation of the peasant economy. The destruction of the peasant economy meant the everyday life of the peasants blocked to continue. It also keeps in the background the relationship between the incomprehensive gradual changing in the world economy in the course of the sixteenth century. |
| Supervisor | Supervisor: Kontler, Laszlo; second reader: Riedl, Matthias. |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/afkham_emad.pdf |
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