Dear Melissa,
 
I suspect the article to which Geoffrey Giles alluded is Hans Medick,
"Plebeian Culture in the Transition to Capitalism," in Culture, Ideology
and Politics: Essays for Eric Hobsbawm, edited by Raphael Samuel and
Gareth Stedman Jones (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982), pp. 84-113.
 
        Sincerely Yours,
 
        David W. Gutzke
        History Dept.
        SMSU
        Springfield, MO
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