Liberty Against the Law: Some Seventeenth-Century Controversies
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A classic study of popular resistance to the momentous changes of 17th century England
In 17th Century England, the law was not an instrument of justice - it was an instrument of oppression. The enclosures of common land, loss of many traditional rights and draconian punishments for minor transgressions changed the lives of the peasantry and created a landless class of wage labourers.
In this, the last book published during his lifetime, renowned historian of the English Revolution Christoph...
In 17th Century England, the law was not an instrument of justice - it was an instrument of oppression. The enclosures of common land, loss of many traditional rights and draconian punishments for minor transgressions changed the lives of the peasantry and created a landless class of wage labourers.
In this, the last book published during his lifetime, renowned historian of the English Revolution Christoph...






















