{"product_id":"carnival-in-romans-mayhem-and-massacre-in-a-french-city-9781842126271","title":"Carnival in Romans: Mayhem and Massacre in a French City","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarnival in Romans: Mayhem and Massacre in a French City\u003c\/strong\u003e by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781842126271.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe city of Romans, in Dauphine province in S. France, was the annual scene of a colorfully animated Mardi gras carnival. In 1580, however, winter festivities degenerated into bloody ambush. While costumed craftsmen \u0026amp; peasants mimed \u0026amp; danced their uprising in the streets, \u0026amp; notables \u0026amp; bourgeoisie hurried from banquets to balls in ostentatious finery, Jean Serve-Paumier, master craftsman, draper \u0026amp; popular party leader was assassinated, his supporters beaten \u0026amp; pursued by a mob hired by Judge Antoine Guerin, leader of the inflexibly reactionary part of the ruling party. More than a cruel incident, this night marked the intersection of an urban movement \u0026amp; even larger rural stirrings. Ladurie marshals a wealth of evidence \u0026amp; reveals the town of Romans as a microcosm of the political \u0026amp; religious antagonisms tearing 16th-century France.\nLe Carnival de Romans: de la chandeleur au mercredi des cenders describes the massacre of about 20 artisans at an annual carnival. Ladurie uses the two surviving eyewitness accounts--one hostile towards the victims by Guérin, the other sympathetic yet often inaccurate by Piémond--along with such information as plague \u0026amp; tax lists, to treat the massacre as a microcosm of rural political, social \u0026amp; religious conflicts, thereby providing a good example of microhistory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weidenfeld \u0026 Nicolson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44944815325237,"sku":"ByrdShop_184212627X","price":338.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781842126271_b6640e4d-d607-4353-9b97-a8e4b05b3f5b.jpg?v=1778699621","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/carnival-in-romans-mayhem-and-massacre-in-a-french-city-9781842126271","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}