In nineteenth-century Wales, a protest took place like no other. Burdened by punishing tolls and desperate for their livelihoods, protestors dramatically cross-dressed in carnivalesque costumes to attack the tollbooths. Inspired by the enigmatic figure of ‘Rebecca’, they went on to attack other symbols of injustice, redistribute wealth, and clash with both local authorities and the national government.
In Rebecca’s Country, historian Rhian E. Jones explores the background, chronology and achievements of the Rebecca movement. She offers a glimpse into the lives of ordinary people and how they responded to the sweeping and severe changes of the early nineteenth century, telling the human stories behind this dramatic history.
Tabela de Conteúdo
Pronunciation Guide
Foreword
List of illustrations
Some main characters
Prologue: Rebecca’s roots
Part One: Rebecca rises
1 The final straw
2 Respectable radicals, rough music
3 Men in the middle
4 ‘Faithful to death’
Part Two: Taking the reins
5 A thorough revolution
6 Lovers of justice
7 Rebecca in the spotlight
Part Three: The summer of discontent
8 A losing battle
9 All but open rebellion
10 Rebecca goes south
11 Organised chaos
12 Ladies of letters
13 Out of the shadows
14 ‘More than one hundred thousand strong’
Part Four: At the point of a bayonet if necessary
15 Rebecca rules
16 Raising the stakes
17 Death at Hendy
18 Are the government mad enough?
Part Five: ‘We are all of us Rebeccas’
19 ‘Becca there is now dead’
20 From lawbreakers to legends
21 Throwing open the books
21 What Becca did next
Mais ebooks do mesmo autor(es) / Editor
192.506 Ebooks nesta categoria
