A commonwealth of the people popular politics and England's long social revolution, 1066-1649 / David Rollison.

Author/creator Rollison, David, 1945-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press,
Descriptionxv, 474 p. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Political culture--Great Britain. --History.
Popular culture--Great Britain. --History.
Populism--Great Britain. --History.
Community life--Political aspects. --Great Britain. --History.
Collective memory--Political aspects. --Great Britain. --History.
Social change--Great Britain. --History.
Great Britain--Politics and government. --1066-1485.
Great Britain--Politics and government. --1485-1603.
Great Britain--Politics and government. --1603-1649.
Great Britain--Social conditions.

Contents What came before: antecedent structures and emergent themes -- The formation of a constitutional landscape, c. 1159-1327 -- The power of a common language -- Discords, quarrels and factions of the commonalty: an ensemble of popular demands, 1328-1381 -- The spectre of commonalty: popular rebellion and the commonweal, 1381-1549 -- How trade became an affair of state: the politics of industry, 1381-1640 -- Touching the wires: industry and empire -- 'The first pace that is sick': the revolution of politics in Shakespeare's Coriolanus -- 'Boiling hot with questions': the English Revolution and the parting of the ways.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2009035291
ISBN9780521853736 (hbk.)
ISBN9780521139700 (pbk.)