Chapter 192- The Dance of Evil May Day (I: The Beginning of the Grudge) (1514-1517)
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Chapter 192- The Dance of Evil May Day (I: The Beginning of the Grudge) (1514-1517)
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Summary
May. 1517. London is rocked by a riot directed towards the foreigners living within its walls, an orgy of violence forever known as the ‘Evil May Day’. But just how bad were these riots? Were they as savage as the authorities made them out to be… or is the memory of them influenced by the response of a capricious and vengeful king?
The Story of London examines the background and events of this event to try and work out why the city found itself plunged into a sea of violence that summer, most of it done by men in uniform. This chapter we explore the context- the background of events in Europe, England and London that fed into the riots themselves…
Cover contains detail of ‘The Taking of Christ’ by Caravaggio, 1602
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