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Surveying government and crowd responses ranging from the late Middle Ages through to the early modern era, Buchanan Sharp's illuminating study examines how the English government responded to one of the most intractable problems of the period: famine and scarcity. The book provides a comprehensive account of famine relief in the late Middle Ages and evaluates the extent to which traditional market regulations enforced by thirteenth-century kings helped shape future responses to famine and scarcity in the sixteenth century. Analysing some of the oldest surviving archival evidence of public response to famine, Sharp reveals that food riots in England occurred as early as 1347, almost two centuries earlier than was previously thought. Charting the policies, public reactions and royal regulations to grain shortage, Sharp provides a fascinating contribution to our understanding of the social, economic, cultural and political make-up of medieval and early modern England.

Famines --- Scarcity --- Food riots --- Grain trade --- Marketing --- Agriculture and state --- Business & economics / commerce. --- Business & economics / marketing / general. --- Business & economics / sales & selling / general. --- History --- Political aspects --- History. --- Great Britain --- History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- anno 1400-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- anno 1300-1399 --- Bread riots --- Riots --- Deficiency --- Shortages --- Famine --- Food supply --- Starvation --- Agrarian question --- Agricultural policy --- Agriculture --- State and agriculture --- Economic policy --- Land reform --- Consumer goods --- Domestic marketing --- Retail marketing --- Retail trade --- Industrial management --- Aftermarkets --- Selling --- Produce trade --- Government policy