The English revolution and the roots of environmental change: the changing concept of the land in early modern England

"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 radic...

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Main Author: Yerby, George (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York, NY [u.a.] Routledge 2016
In:Year: 2016
Reviews:[Rezension von: Yerby, George, The English Revolution and the Roots of Environmental Change: The Changing Concept of the Land in Early Modern England] (2018) (Painter, Borden)
Series/Journal:Routledge research in early modern history
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Revolution / Real estate / Economic situation / Social situation / History
Further subjects:B Commons Economic aspects (England) History 17th century
B England Environmental conditions History 17th century
B Commerce
B Civil war
B England Commerce History 17th century
B Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649 Causes
B History
B Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649 Economic aspects
B Economic history
B Land use
B Agrarboden
B Great Britain
B 1600-1700
B Commons Environmental aspects (England) History 17th century
B Land use Social aspects (England) History 17th century
B Political change
B Development
B Land use Political aspects (England) History 17th century
B Social Change (England) History 17th century
B Economic ethics
B Social change
B Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649 Environmental aspects
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Summary:"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 of trade was associated with rights of consent, which were asserted as a guarantee of economic interests, and as a political principle. This informed the constitutional changes pushed through by parliament early in 1641, establishing freedom of trade by parliamentary control of the customs, and giving the assembly an automatic place at the center of affairs, the first requirement of representative government. Crucially, it was not the crown but parliament that appropriated the state interest, through an independent definition of national priorities. As England coalesced into a political and commercial unit, the open and communal patterns of medieval times were overlaid. The land itself came to be perceived and used in a different way. Freedom of trade had an agrarian aspect. An extended class of gentry and yeomanry occupied consolidated farms, displacing the smallholders from the common lands. With intensified marketing, the old moral restraints on trade and property died away. A more exploitative ethic undermined the balance of relationship with the land. The book makes an original connection between the English Revolution and the processes of environmental change"--Provided by publisher
"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 of trade was associated with rights of consent, which were asserted as a guarantee of economic interests, and as a political principle. This informed the constitutional changes pushed through by parliament early in 1641, establishing freedom of trade by parliamentary control of the customs, and giving the assembly an automatic place at the center of affairs, the first requirement of representative government. Crucially, it was not the crown but parliament that appropriated the state interest, through an independent definition of national priorities. As England coalesced into a political and commercial unit, the open and communal patterns of medieval times were overlaid. The land itself came to be perceived and used in a different way. Freedom of trade had an agrarian aspect. An extended class of gentry and yeomanry occupied consolidated farms, displacing the smallholders from the common lands. With intensified marketing, the old moral restraints on trade and property died away. A more exploitative ethic undermined the balance of relationship with the land. The book makes an original connection between the English Revolution and the processes of environmental change"--Provided by publisher
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1138933430