1st Edition
Bond Men Made Free Medieval Peasant Movements and the English Rising of 1381
Foreword to the Routledge Classics Edition Phillipp R. Schofield
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part 1: 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 2: 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
Biography
Rodney Hilton (1916–2002) was Professor of Medieval Social History at the University of Birmingham, UK, and one of the leading medieval historians of his generation.
“Rodney Hilton is generally recognised as the greatest authority on these topics in the English-speaking world.” - The Guardian
“… a titan in the field of medieval economic and social history.” - The Economic History Review
