The English Revolution and the Roots of Environmental Change: The Changing Concept of the Land in Early Modern England

by George Yerby

Book Overview

This study brings a new perspective to a pivotal debate: the causes of the English Revolution. It pinpoints the economic motives behind the opposition to the crown, and shows their connection to the changing mind-set and political transitions of the time. Distinctively, it identifies the radicalism of the mercantile sphere, and the developing claim of freedom of trade, the basis on which parliament challenged the king's fiscal prerogative. Freedom...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367263858
• ISBN13: 9780367263850
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"