Riot, Rebellion and Popular Politics in Early Modern England reassesses the relationship between politics, social change and popular culture in the period c. 1520-1730. It argues that early modern politics needs to be understood in broad terms, to include not only states and elites, but also disputes over the control of resources and the distribution of power. Andy Wood assesses the history of riot and rebellion in the early modern period, concentrating upon: popular involvement in religious change and political conflict, especially the Reformation and the English Revolution; relations between ruler and ruled; seditious speech; popular politics and the early modern state; custom, the law and popular politics; the impact of literacy and print; and the role of ritual, gender and local identity in popular politics.

アンディ・ウッドが描くのは、王侯貴族の歴史ではなく、名もなき民衆の「静かなる咆哮」です。本書は、暴動を単なる混乱とせず、慣習や日常の言葉に潜む政治的意志を浮き彫りにします。史料の背後に潜む庶民の熱量を丹念に汲み取り、歴史を再定義する著者の筆致は、失われた声を現代に蘇らせる力に満ちています。 階級やジェンダー、宗教の変化が人々の意識をどう変えたのか。権力への抵抗を緻密に分析する視点は、読者に政治の根源を突きつけます。近世イングランドを舞台に、民衆が誇りを懸けて戦った軌跡を辿るこの一冊は、歴史の深層に触れる情熱的な知の冒険へと私たちを誘ってくれるでしょう。