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Beslagsupploppet i Ystad 1835 - mot folkets vrede skyddar inga uniformer

Werner, Peter LU (2021) HISK01 20202
History
Abstract
This paper examines the how and why of a seizure riot in the small southern Swedish town of Ystad in the year 1835. The riots involved approximately one fourth or one fifth of all grown men in the city and members from all social classes. The primary source is the court records from the ensuing trial. Hermeneutics was used for interpreting the court records. Further analysis of the actions and the underlying motivation were based on Charles Tilly´s Contentious Politics Studies and E.P. Thompsons´s theory of moral economy. The results further validates previous research as well as point out striking similarities to the food riots in the English countryside in the late eighteenth century as studied by E.P. Thompson.
Popular Abstract
This paper examines a violent seizure riot in a small southern town of Sweden back in 1835. Europe had previously been divided by Napoleon's efforts to fight the United Kingdom. After Napoleon enacted the Continental Blockade, trade with the United Kingdom was prohibited. Sweden however, did not initially join the blockade. Smuggling to Europe through port cities in southern Sweden was a commonplace occurence. Even after Sweden joined the blockade, smuggling was rampant. The Swedish authorities had a vested interest in stopping the smuggling as Sweden employed protectionism as policy. The people however, were strongly in favor of free trade. This led to frequent skirmishes between custom officials and townspeople. This paper examines one... (More)
This paper examines a violent seizure riot in a small southern town of Sweden back in 1835. Europe had previously been divided by Napoleon's efforts to fight the United Kingdom. After Napoleon enacted the Continental Blockade, trade with the United Kingdom was prohibited. Sweden however, did not initially join the blockade. Smuggling to Europe through port cities in southern Sweden was a commonplace occurence. Even after Sweden joined the blockade, smuggling was rampant. The Swedish authorities had a vested interest in stopping the smuggling as Sweden employed protectionism as policy. The people however, were strongly in favor of free trade. This led to frequent skirmishes between custom officials and townspeople. This paper examines one of these skirmishes. Similarities are drawn between the seizure riots of Sweden and the food riots in the English countryside in the late eighteenth century. The circumstances might be different, but the underlying motivations, attitudes and clashing ideologies are remarkably similar. (Less)
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author
Werner, Peter LU
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organization
course
HISK01 20202
year
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
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keywords
Historia, Ystad, 1835, smuggling, upplopp, beslagsupplopp, Krook, Thompson, Tilly, Moral economy, Contentious Politics Studies
language
Swedish
id
9038281
date added to LUP
2021-02-03 19:01:49
date last changed
2021-02-03 19:01:49
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  abstract     = {{This paper examines the how and why of a seizure riot in the small southern Swedish town of Ystad in the year 1835. The riots involved approximately one fourth or one fifth of all grown men in the city and members from all social classes. The primary source is the court records from the ensuing trial. Hermeneutics was used for interpreting the court records. Further analysis of the actions and the underlying motivation were based on Charles Tilly´s Contentious Politics Studies and E.P. Thompsons´s theory of moral economy. The results further validates previous research as well as point out striking similarities to the food riots in the English countryside in the late eighteenth century as studied by E.P. Thompson.}},
  author       = {{Werner, Peter}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Beslagsupploppet i Ystad 1835 - mot folkets vrede skyddar inga uniformer}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}