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UNINA9910450406003321 |
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Autore |
Hilton R. H (Rodney Howard), <1916-2002., > |
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Titolo |
Bond men made free : medieval peasant movements and the English rising of 1381 / / Rodney Hilton ; with a new introduction by Christopher Dyer |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
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1-134-37468-2 |
1-138-17327-4 |
1-280-09519-9 |
0-203-42665-7 |
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[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (245 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Tyler's Insurrection, 1381 |
Peasant uprisings - England - History - To 1500 |
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Great Britain History Richard II, 1377-1399 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front Cover; Bond Men Made Free; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; A New Introduction; Old Introduction; Part I: General Problems of Medieval Peasant Societies; 1. The Nature of Medieval Peasant Economy; 2.Early Movements and their Problems; 3.Mass Movements of the Later Middle Ages; Part II: The English Rising of 1381; 4.The Events of the Rising; 5.The General Background; 6. The Areas of Revolt; 7. Social Composition; 8. The Allies of the Rebels; 9. Organization and Aims; 10. Conclusion; Index |
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Rodney Hilton's account of the Peasant's Revolt of 1381 remains the classic authoritative text on the 'English Rising'. Hilton views the revolt in the context of a general European pattern of class conflict. He demonstrates that the peasant movements that disturbed the Middle Ages were not mere unrelated outbreaks of violence but had their roots in common economic and political conditions and in a recurring conflict of interest between peasants and landowners.Now with a new introduction by Christopher Dyer, this survey remains the leading |
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source for students of medieval English peasantry. |
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UNINA9910782560903321 |
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Berman Russell A. <1950-> |
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Titolo |
Fiction sets you free [[electronic resource] ] : literature, liberty, and western culture / / Russell A. Berman |
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Iowa City, : University Of Iowa Press, c2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (263 p.) |
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Fiction - History and criticism - Theory, etc |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-228) and index. |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Why Literature Matters; Introduction; 1. Periodization and the Canon; 2. Human Origins and Literary Beginnings; 3. Writing and Heroism; 4. Literacy and Autonomy; 5. The Epic and the Individual; 6. Religion and Writing; 7. The Democracy of Literature; 8. Imagination and Economy; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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In what can only be called a genuine intellectual adventure, Russell Berman raises fundamental questions long ignored by literary scholars; Why does literature command our attention at all? Why would society want to cultivate a sphere of activity devoted to the careful study of literary fiction? Written as a tonic to what he calls the debilitating cultural relativism of contemporary literary studies, Fiction Sets You Free advances the innovative argument that literature and capitalism, rather than representing merely commercialization, actually belie a long and positive association: literary a |
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