Social Conflict in early Stuart England
Eight lectures given by PETER LASLETT. Fellow of Trinity College. Cambridge at the University of Warwick
7: Crisis and Social Change
' It's my considered view.' says Mr. Laslett. ' that there was no English Revolution, if that phrase is taken to imply that English social structure underwent a crisis during the seventeenth century which led to a radical alteration in the distribution of power, wealth, and status within it.'
Mr. Laslett discusses what sort of changes would lead to such an overall transformation of society, and compares these changes with the reasons usually given to explain why The English Revolution occurred.
Eric Ives on Social Change and the Law: Friday, 7.0 p.m.