English Rebel by Horspool, David -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Epigraph Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction The English Rebel

1. Resistance: The Norman Occupation 1066–86

The resistance begins The Harrying of the North Edgar and Hereward: the wages of rebellion The Revolt of the Earls and the first rebel martyr The afterlife of the resistance

2. A Kingdom Divided: Odo of Bayeux to Geoffrey de Mandeville 1087–1144

Lost at sea Civil war The rebel as robber baron

3. Rebels with a Cause: Thomas Becket to Magna Carta 1154–1215

A family affair Robin Hood and the bearded revolutionary Magna Carta: the rebel as reformer From Bouvines to Runnymede

4. The False Dawn of Reform: Simon de Montfort to Roger Bigod 1216–1307

Lincoln Fair The model of a medieval rebel The Provisions of Oxford From Lewes to Evesham The Hammer and the blow that didn’t fall

5. Revenge: Roger Mortimer and the fate of Edward II 1307–77

The royal favourite versus the royal cousin Blood will have blood Roger Mortimer and the road to Berkeley

6. A Rebel People: The Peasants’ Revolt 1381

The revolt begins Strange meeting The aftermath

7. Challenging the Realm: Henry Bolingbroke to Sir John Oldcastle 1388–1417

From Ravenspur to Westminster A dangerous precedent Jack the rebel

8. Wars of the Roses: Jack Cade to Perkin Warbeck 1450–99

Jack Cade’s rising York and Lancaster The Kingmaker Edward’s killing field Return of the King Two usurpers Faking it

9. The People’s Wars of Religion: Robert Aske to Robert Kett 1536–49

From rebels to pilgrims From West and East The Oak of Reformation

10. Queens and Their Rebels: Mary Tudor to the Earl of Essex 1553–1601

Sir Thomas Wyatt and the Queen’s marriage An un-English rebellion Gloriana’s rebels A carpenter’s revolt The spurned Earl

11. Republicans and Revolutionaries: Robert Catesby to Oliver Cromwell 1605–60

The Gunpowder Plot History Wars Divine Rights Pym and the King Role reversal From Edgehill to Marston Moor Army of God The Putney debates Cruel necessity Heaven in earth

12. Good and Glorious: Thomas Venner to the Immortal Seven 1660–88

Catholic panics Monmouth’s rebellion Revolution or invasion?

13. Returners and Rioters: From the Old Pretender to the Seamen’s Strike 1715–75

‘The madding crowd’s ignoble strife’ Dr Sacheverell’s mob

14. Agitators: John Wilkes to the Nore Mutiny 1760–97

The Gordon Riots Mutiny

15. Revolutionaries and Reformers: Colonel Despard to the Chartists 1802–67

Spa Fields and Peterloo The People’s Charter Moral and physical force

16. Women and Workers: The Suffragettes to the General Strike 1905–26

Suffragists into Suffragettes The match-girls’ strike General Strike

17. Outsiders: Cable Street to the Poll Tax Riots 1931–90

Ban the bomb Grosvenor Square and the Angry Brigade ‘The enemy within’ 1381 and all that Rebel futures

Illustrations Further Reading and Notes Index