"you do over dramatise a bit"

To be honest, Rifleman, it's pointless having a discussion with someone who is so totally ignorant of British social history. May I suggest you read the following, for starters:

Christopher Hibbert: The English – A Social History from 1066 to 1945
Christopher Hill: Liberty Against the Law
Tawney: Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
Mark O'Brien: When Adam Delved – a History of the Peasants' Revolt
William Cobbett: Rural Rides
Robert Bell: Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England

That should give you a basic insight on which to base an informed opinion .