Spencer Dimmock, Ph.D. (1999), University of Kent at Canterbury, is an Honorary Research Fellow in History at Swansea University. He has published many articles and chapter contributions on pre-modern England and Wales.

• IntroductionPART I: A DEFENCE OF ROBERT BRENNER1. Robert Brenner’s Thesis on the Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism2. The Prime Mover of Economic and Social Development3. Feudalism, Serfdom and Extra-Economic Surplus Extraction4. Class Conflict and the Crisis of Feudalism5. Insecure Property and the Origin of Capitalism6. The Rise of Capitalist Yeomen and a Capitalist Aristocracy7. Periodising the Origin of Capitalism in England8. Orthodox Marxism versus Political Marxism PART II: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN KENT: A CASE STUDY9. Economy and Society in Late Medieval Lydd and its Region10. Engrossment, Enclosure and Resistance in the Fifteenth Century11. An Emerging Capitalist Social-Property Structure12. Engrossment, Enclosure and Resistance in the Sixteenth Century13. Legitimising Social Transformation: The Festival of St. GeorgeConclusionAppendixReferencesIndex

Spencer Dimmock, Ph.D. (1999), University of Kent at Canterbury, is an Honorary Research Fellow in History at Swansea University. He has published many articles and chapter contributions on pre-modern England and Wales.

• IntroductionPART I: A DEFENCE OF ROBERT BRENNER1. Robert Brenner’s Thesis on the Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism2. The Prime Mover of Economic and Social Development3. Feudalism, Serfdom and Extra-Economic Surplus Extraction4. Class Conflict and the Crisis of Feudalism5. Insecure Property and the Origin of Capitalism6. The Rise of Capitalist Yeomen and a Capitalist Aristocracy7. Periodising the Origin of Capitalism in England8. Orthodox Marxism versus Political Marxism PART II: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN KENT: A CASE STUDY9. Economy and Society in Late Medieval Lydd and its Region10. Engrossment, Enclosure and Resistance in the Fifteenth Century11. An Emerging Capitalist Social-Property Structure12. Engrossment, Enclosure and Resistance in the Sixteenth Century13. Legitimising Social Transformation: The Festival of St. GeorgeConclusionAppendixReferencesIndex

Spencer Dimmock, Ph.D. (1999), University of Kent at Canterbury, is an Honorary Research Fellow in History at Swansea University. He has published many articles and chapter contributions on pre-modern England and Wales.

• IntroductionPART I: A DEFENCE OF ROBERT BRENNER1. Robert Brenner’s Thesis on the Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism2. The Prime Mover of Economic and Social Development3. Feudalism, Serfdom and Extra-Economic Surplus Extraction4. Class Conflict and the Crisis of Feudalism5. Insecure Property and the Origin of Capitalism6. The Rise of Capitalist Yeomen and a Capitalist Aristocracy7. Periodising the Origin of Capitalism in England8. Orthodox Marxism versus Political Marxism PART II: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN KENT: A CASE STUDY9. Economy and Society in Late Medieval Lydd and its Region10. Engrossment, Enclosure and Resistance in the Fifteenth Century11. An Emerging Capitalist Social-Property Structure12. Engrossment, Enclosure and Resistance in the Sixteenth Century13. Legitimising Social Transformation: The Festival of St. GeorgeConclusionAppendixReferencesIndex