First Published in 1982, Social Conflict and the Political Order in Modern Britain offers a selection of work on British social history done by scholars working

Revolutions are melancholy moments in history—brief gasps of hope that emerges from misery and disillusionment. This is true for great revolutions, like 1789

This book provides an alternative approach to the history of social conflict, popular politics and plebeian culture in the early modern period. Based on a close

Contends that, though early modern English canonical sources and sermons often urge the subordination of women, this was not indicative of public life, and that