CONTENTS

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Preface[xi]
I.Archbishop Anselm and Norman Autocracy, 1093–1130[3]
II.Thomas of Canterbury, the Defender of the Poor, 1162–1170[33]
III.William FitzOsbert, the First English Agitator, 1188–1189[69]
IV.Stephen Langton and the Great Charter, 1207–1215[81]
V.Bishop Grosseteste, the Reformer, 1235–1253[99]
VI.Simon of Montfort and the English Parliament, 1258–1265[117]
VII.Wat Tyler and the Peasant Revolt, 1381[141]
VIII.Jack Cade, the Captain of Kent, 1450[173]
IX.Sir Thomas More and Freedom of Conscience, 1529–1535[193]
X.Robert Ket and the Norfolk Rising, 1549[217]
XI.Eliot, Hampden, and Pym and the Supremacy of the Commons, 1626–1643[245]
XII.John Lilburne and the Levellers, 1647–1653[277]
XIII.Winstanley the Digger, 1649–1650[293]
XIV.Major Cartwright, the Father of Reform, 1776–1820[307]
XV.Ernest Jones and Chartism, 1838–1868[319]
Conclusion[335]
Index[339]