Rebecca's Country: A Welsh Story of Riot and Resistance

by Rhian E. Jones

A study of the Rebecca movement's fight against high taxation and poverty in nineteenth-century Wales.

In nineteenth-century Wales, a protest took place like no other. Burdened by punishing tolls and desperate for their livelihoods, protestors dramatically cross-dressed in carnivalesque costumes to attack the tollbooths. Inspired by the enigmatic biblical figure of Rebecca, they went on to attack other symbols of injustice, redistribute...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1915279747
• ISBN13: 9781915279743
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Calon
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.