A commonwealth of the people : popular politics and England's long social revolution, 1066-1649 / Da...
A commonwealth of the people : popular politics and England's long social revolution, 1066-1649 / Da...
A commonwealth of the people : popular politics and England's long social revolution, 1066-1649 / David Rollison.
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Date
2010.
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N942/596
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English
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Physical content
xv, 474 p. ; 24 cm.
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 a...
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2010.
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"In 1500 fewer than three million people spoke English; today English speakers number at least a billion worldwide. This book asks how and why a small island people became the nucleus of an empire 'on which the sun never set.' David Rollison argues that the 'English explosion' was the outcome of a long social revolution with roots deep in the medie...
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A commonwealth of the people : popular politics and England's long social revolution, 1066-1649 / David Rollison.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N942/596
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74VKOXgkZLgg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOXgkZLgg
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0521139708 (pbk.)
9780521853736 (hbk.)
0521853737 (hbk.)
9780521139700 (pbk.)
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942
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991022521349702626
