Author:
Rollison, David, 1945-
Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Descriptionxv, 474 p. ; 24 cm.
Note: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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
