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• Suitable for students with no prior knowledge of British history
• Organized to help students and instructors: comprises 21 thematic chapters set within a clear, chronological framework
• Includes over 30 illustrations and maps to help orient the reader
• Addresses the new generation of American and British students that are interested in global,...

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...

• Suitable for students with no prior knowledge of British history
• Organized to help students and instructors: comprises 21 thematic chapters set within a clear, chronological framework
• Includes over 30 illustrations and maps to help orient the reader
• Addresses the new generation of American and British students that are interested in global,...