Hilton, Professor Rodney Howard (1916–2002)
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A joint founder of Past and Present, Hilton made a significant contribution to the study of medieval England by his application of Marxist analysis and other theroetical approaches to the period.
- Forenames:
- Rodney Howard
- Surname:
- Hilton
- Title:
- Professor
- Dates:
- 1916–2002
- Institutions:
- Communist Party Historians Group
Past and Present
University of Birmingham - Significant posts:
- Professor of Medieval Social History, University of Birmingham
- Influences:
- Bloch, Marc
Duby, Georges
Galbraith, Vivian Hunter
Southern, Richard
Torr, Donna - Contemporaries:
- Hill, John Edward Christopher
Hobsbawm, Eric
Kiernan, Victor
Thompson, Edward Palmer - Influenced:
- Dyer, Christopher
- Themes:
- Annales School
Economic history
History from below
Marxist history
Medieval history
Social history
- Biographies:
- Blackwell Dictionary of Historians
Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing
Interviews with Historians
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Proceedings of the British Academy - Obituaries:
- Guardian
Independent
Bibliography
Significant publications
- Rodney Hilton, A Medieval Society (London, 1966)
- Rodney Hilton, Class Conflict and the Crisis of Feudalism: Essays in Medieval Social History (London, 1985)
Other reading
- Christopher Hill, R. H. Hilton and Eric Hobsbawm, 'Past and Present: origins and early years', Past and Present, 100 (1983), 3–14
David Renton, 'Studying their own nation without insularity? The British Marxist historians reconsidered', Science and Society, 69, 4 (2005), 559–79
