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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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Summary
"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 medieval past. A succession of crises from the Norman Conquest to the English Revolution were causal links and chains of collective memory in a unique, vernacular, populist movement. The keyword of this long revolution, 'commonwealth, ' has been largely invisible in traditional constitutional history. This panoramic synthesis of political, intellectual, social, cultural, religious, economic, literary, and linguistic movements offers a 'new constitutional history' in which state institutions and power elites were subordinate and answerable to a greater community that the early modern English called 'commonwealth' and we call 'society'"--Provided by publisher
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xv, 474 pages)
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
Isbn
9780511807541
Instance
Label
A commonwealth of the people : popular politics and England's long social revolution, 1066-1649
Title
A commonwealth of the people
Title remainder
popular politics and England's long social revolution, 1066-1649
Statement of responsibility
David Rollison
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"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 medieval past. A succession of crises from the Norman Conquest to the English Revolution were causal links and chains of collective memory in a unique, vernacular, populist movement. The keyword of this long revolution, 'commonwealth, ' has been largely invisible in traditional constitutional history. This panoramic synthesis of political, intellectual, social, cultural, religious, economic, literary, and linguistic movements offers a 'new constitutional history' in which state institutions and power elites were subordinate and answerable to a greater community that the early modern English called 'commonwealth' and we call 'society'"--Provided by publisher
Awards note
Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2010
Cataloging source
N$T
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1945-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Rollison, David
Dewey number
942
Index
index present
LC call number
DA176
LC item number
.R65 2010eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Great Britain
  • Great Britain
  • Great Britain
  • Political culture
  • Popular culture
  • Populism
  • Community life
  • Collective memory
  • Great Britain
  • Social change
  • HISTORY
  • Political culture
  • Politics and government
  • Popular culture
  • Populism
  • Social change
  • Social conditions
  • Great Britain
  • Politische Kultur
  • Volkskultur
  • England
Label
A commonwealth of the people : popular politics and England's long social revolution, 1066-1649, David Rollison
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Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
646816276
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xv, 474 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780511807541
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other control number
9786612652912
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
265291
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)646816276
Label
A commonwealth of the people : popular politics and England's long social revolution, 1066-1649, David Rollison
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
646816276
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xv, 474 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780511807541
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other control number
9786612652912
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
265291
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)646816276

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