England's second Domesday and the expulsion of the English peasantry by Spencer Dimmock

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dimmock, Spencer, author.

Series:

Historical materialism book series 310

Historical materialism book series volume 310

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Domesday book.

Peasants--England--History--16th century.

Peasants.

Land tenure--England--History--16th century.

Land tenure.

Eviction--England--History--16th century.

Eviction.

Great Britain--Economic conditions--16th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Leiden Boston Brill [2024]

Summary:

"The world-shaking forced evictions of English peasants during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries are treated by most historians as largely a 'Tudor myth'. For them, the peasantry disappeared much later through fair means thanks to industrialisation and trade. Centred on close scrutiny of the royal commission of 1517 - 'England's Second Domesday' - this book overturns these accounts. It demonstrates, unequivocally, that capitalism carved fundamental and irreversible breaches into the English countryside between 1400 and 1620. It began, grew and thrived on widespread illegal clearances of rural people and their culture by the English ruling class, long before the British industrial revolution"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Introduction

1. The Political Context of England's Second Domesday

2. The Source

Chapter 2. Before the Second Domesday c. 1360-1488

1. John Russell and John Rous

2. Forced Expropriation and the Decline of Serfdom

3. The Accumulation and Remodelling of Manorial Estates before 1488

Chapter 3. England's Second Domesday c. 1488-1517

1. The Southern Midlands

1.1. Cases Involving the Highest Number of Evictions

1.2. Final Clearances: Evictions of the Remaining Inhabitants

1.3. Consolidation and Expansion: The Significance of 'Minor' Cases

2. The Rest of England

Chapter 4. After the Second Domesday

1. Introduction

2. Yorkshire and the North in the 1520s and 1530s: The Pilgrimage of Grace and its Antecedents

2.1. Enclosure Conflicts in the North c. 1525-35

2.2. The Pilgrimage of Grace, October 1536 to February 1537

3. The Enclosure Commissions and the Risings of 1548-49

3.1. Protector Somerset, John Hales, and the Enclosure Commissions of 1548-49

3.2. The English Risings of 1548-49 and Beyond

4. The Midland Rising of 1607

Chapter 5. Conclusion

Appendix. A Translation of England's Second Domesday of 1517-18 and Related Enclosure Commissions

1.1. The Royal Directive in 1517 to the Enclosure Commissioners of the Southern Midlands

1.2. The Circular of the Articles of Enquiry

2. The Returns of the Commissions for the Southern Midlands

2.1. Bedfordshire

2.2. Berkshire

2.3. Buckinghamshire

2.4. Leicestershire

2.5. Northamptonshire

2.6. Oxfordshire

2.7. Warwickshire

3. The Returns of the Commissions for the Rest of England

3.1. Norfolk

3.2. The Commission for Lincolnshire and Rutland

3.3. Yorkshire

3.4. The Commission for the Northern Midlands

3.5. The Commission for Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire

3.6. The Commission for Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Huntingdonshire

3.7. Essex

3.8. Middlesex

3.9. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

3.10. Somerset

Bibliography

Index

Index of Names and Places

Index of Modern Authors

Index of Historical Themes

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 10, 2025)

Other Format:

Print version Dimmock, Spencer. England's second Domesday and the expulsion of the English peasantry

ISBN:

9789004319448

9004319441

OCLC:

1442968796

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