Why did people riot for food in later Georgian England
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.
