- Publisher: Pen & Sword
- Year: 2022
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 292pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 240x162mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.8kg
- ISBN: 9781526785909
- Product code: 537309
English Rebels and Revolutionaries
New Hardback Illustrated
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Beginning with the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt this volume presents biographies of 14 individuals or groups who took direct action in a bid to fight for their political rights. Taking in examples from Oliver Cromwell and the Levellers to Mary Wollstonecraft, the Peterloo Massacre and the Suffragist movement of the early 20th century it chronicles the key figures and events to build a history of protest and its impact.
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Throughout history brave Englishmen and women have never been afraid to rise up against their unjust rulers and demand their rights. Barely a century has gone by without England being witness to a major uprising against the government of the day, often resulting in a fundamental change to the constitution. This book is a collection of biographies, written by experts in their field, of the lives and deeds of famous English freedom fighters, rebels, and democrats who have had a major impact on history. Featured chapters include the history of Wat Tyler's Rebellion, when an army of 50,000 people marched to London in 1381 to demand an end to serfdom and the hated poll tax. Alongside Wat Tyler in this pantheon of English revolutionaries is Jack Cade who in 1450 led an angry mob to London to protest against government corruption. There are three chapters on various aspects of the English Civil War, during which the English executed their king. Other rebel heroes featured include Thomas Paine, the great intellectual of the American and French Revolutions; Mary Wollstonecraft, author of The Rights of Woman; Henry Hunt, who, as well as the Chartists after him, campaigned for universal suffrage; William Morris, the visionary designer and socialist thinker; and finally the Suffragettes and Suffragists who fought for women's voting rights.
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Beginning with the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt this volume presents biographies of 14 individuals or groups who took direct action in a bid to fight for their political rights. Taking in examples from Oliver Cromwell and the Levellers to Mary Wollstonecraft, the Peterloo Massacre and the Suffragist movement of the early 20th century it chronicles the key figures and events to build a history of protest and its impact.
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