7. Classes of the commune in 1522

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of maps and tables vi
4. Preface: ‘A phoenix in flames’ vii
5. Abbreviations xi
6. Introduction: Commune at the crossroads 1
7. 1. A domination of abbots 17
8. 2. The crisis of the early fourteenth century 26
9. 3. Classes of the commune before the Black Death 33
10. 4. The struggle continues, 1335–99 44
11. 5. A turning-point: the generation of 1400 50
12. 6. Highpoint of vernacular religion: building a church, 1400–1548 64
13. 7. Classes of the commune in 1522 89
14. 8. Surviving Reformation: the rule of Robert Strange, 1539–70 95
15. 9. ‘The tyranny of infected members called papists’: the Strange regime under challenge, c.1551–80 103
16. 10. Phoenix arising: crises and growth, 1550–1650 119
17. 11. Only the poor will be saved: the preacher and the artisans 133
18. 12. Gentlemen and commons of the Seven Hundreds 149
19. 13. Immigrants 171
20. 14. The revival of the parish 189
21. 15. ‘More than freeholders ought to have voices’: parliamentarianism in one ‘countrey’, 1571–1640 208
22. 16. ‘Moments of decision’, August 1642 to February 1643 225
23. Afterword: Rural sunrise 247
24. Bibliography 269
25. Index 279