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Rodney Howard Hilton FBA (17 November 1916 – 7 June 2002) was an English Marxist historian of the late medieval period and the transition from feudalism to capitalism.
A founding member of the Historians’ Group of the Communist Party, of the journal Past and Present, and of a distinctive and distinguished School of History at the University of Birmingham, Rodney Hilton was among the most notable medieval historians of the latter half of the twentieth century.
Jun 13, 2002 · Rodney Howard Hilton, an influential British Marxist historian who was an expert on medieval social history, died on Friday at his home in Birmingham, England. He was 85. His...
This essay is written in memory of Rodney Hilton (1916–2002), who died on 7 June 2002. He was one of the towering historians of medieval England. Along with the Russian scholar, E. A. Kosminsky, of a previous generation of historians, he provided a formidable Marxist treatment of English feudalism, at once empirically rich, through extensive ...
RODNEY HILTON, born on 17 November 1916, was brought up in Middleton, near Manchester, and throughout his life his speech retained traces of his Lancashire origins. His grandfather had lived in Samuel Bamford’s former cottage, and his family believed that their radical her-itage went back to Peterloo.
Dec 21, 2005 · He was one of the towering historians of medieval England. Along with the Russian scholar, E. A. Kosminsky, of a previous generation of historians, he provided a formidable Marxist treatment of...
A founding member of the Historians' Group of the Communist Party, of the journal Past and Present, and a major force in a distinctive and distinguished School of History at the University of Birmingham, Rodney Hilton was among the most notable medieval historians of the latter half of the twentieth century.
An eminent medievalist and one of the most influential of the small band of Marxist historians working in the UK before 1968, Rodney Hilton’s work on the development of the English feudal system into industrial capitalism was, despite its renown, ultimately mistaken.
Jun 27, 2024 · In bringing together much material which dissolves old categories and simplifications in the study of medieval towns, Professor Hilton provides an important new perspective on medieval society and on the nature of feudalism.
Sep 9, 2002 · Chris Wickham looks back upon the life of Rodney Hilton, medieval historian and co-founder of Past and Present.
