Rhythms of Revolt: European Traditions and Memories of Social Conflict in Oral Culture

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Rhythms of Revolt: European Traditions and Memories of Social Conflict in Oral Culture is written by Éva Guillorel and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1315467836 (ISBN 10) and 9781315467832 (ISBN 13).

The culture of insurgents in early modern Europe was primarily an oral one; memories of social conflicts in the communities affected were passed on through oral forms such as songs and legends. This popular history continued to influence political choices and actions through and after the early modern period. The chapters in this book examine numerous examples from across Europe of how memories of revolt were perpetuated in oral cultures, and they analyse how traditions were used. From the German Peasants’ War of 1525 to the counter-revolutionary guerrillas of the 1790s, oral traditions can offer radically different interpretations of familiar events. This is a ‘history from below’, and a history from song, which challenges existing historiographies of early modern revolts.