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By the Same Author Montaillou, The Promised Land of Error The Peasants of Languedoc Carnival in Romans ► ► SAVOY 4 “ ■ASisteron PROVENCE Sites of League Action (1579-1580) Based on <<Le Peuple Francaise>>, June 1977. Carnival in Romans E m m a n u e l L e R o y L a d u r i e Translated from the French by Mary Feeney George Braziller, Inc. New York Published in the United States in 1979 by George Braziller, Inc. English translation by Mary Feeney Copyright ® 1979 by George Braziller, Inc. Originally published in France under the title Le Carnaval du Romans. ® Editions Gallimard, 1979. All rights reserved. For information, address the publisher: George Braziller, Inc. One Park Avenue, New York 10016 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Le Roy Ladurie Emmanuel. Carnival in Romans. Translation of Le Carnaval de Romans. De la Chandeleur au mercredi des Cendres 1579-1580. 1. Romans, France (Drome)—History. 2. France— History—Wars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598. I. Title. DC801 .R75L4713 944'.98 79-52163 ISBN 0-8076-0928-5 Printed in the United States of America First Edition Designed by Nancy Kirsh Acknowledgments I would especially like to thank L. Scott Van Doren and Daniel Hickey for their help and their kindness; Vital Chomel, the archivist of the Archives Departementales de l’Isere, for giving me free access to his own vast stores of knowledge; the archivist of the Archives Departementales de la Drome; my friend Ber nard Bonnin; the head librarian of Romans’s Biblioth£que Municipale; and the former and present mayors of Romans. 1 I ■v'l*l 1 *r , Contents Foreword xiii I The Urban and Rural Setting 7 II Taxes: Commoner versus Noble 35 III Jean de Bourg’s Petition of Grievance 61 IV 1578: Jacques Colasa nd the Moderate Revolt V 1579: The Shadow Carnival 93 VI Strikes and Debts 153 VII Antoine Guerin, Master of Ceremonies 175 VIII Mardi Gras 1580 or, God on Our Side 229 IX A Slaughter of Peasants 249 X “Magpies and crows have pecked out our eyes . XI Paradigms, Confraternities, Kingdoms 289 XII The Winter Festival 305 XIII A Word on the Peasants 325 XIV Forerunners of Equality 339 Appendix 371 Chapter Notes 375 Manuscript Sources 409 Abbreviations 411 Bibliography 413
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