Bond Men Made Free

Download or read book Bond Men Made Free written by Rodney Hilton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 source for students of medieval English peasantry.