Food riots in Gloucester, Manchester, Yorkshire and Nottingham.
The Assize of Bread.
Food rioter's primary behaviour.
Justification of riots.
Market regulations.
Sherborne 1757.
Poor harvest.
First large-scale export of grain.
Some protests were non-violent, but many ended in looting and arson.
The question is not were they hungry, but being hungry, what did they then do? E P. Thompson.
Discuss The Making of the English Working Class, E.P Thompson.
