Feste e rivolte in età moderna: un bilancio storiografico

For more than fifty years now, historians have been intrigued by how festivals and revolts blended together in the early modern period. These enthralling and enigmatic forms of protest or violence took place either during festivals or in the form of festivals. The participants were from specific social or generational segments: the people, for example, or the youth. This article provides a critical review of some of the most important studies on the topic, with the aim of probing the relationship between the discursive and symbolic repertoire of the festival rites and the identity of the various actors who took part in them