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Book: Spectres of John Ball

Chapter: Rodney Hilton: Ball at the End of Historical Materialism? 

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.42767

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This chapter looks at the most influential academic Marxist portrayal of 1381 by Rodney Hilton which developed ideas of religious dissent and understandings of peasantry. While Hilton can be seen as a high point in historical materialist approaches, his popular influence soon waned amidst a fragmented post-1968 Left.

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