The Century of Revolution: 1603-1714

by Christopher Hill

Overview

The years between 1603 and 1714 were perhaps the most decisive in English history.

During this period modern English society and a modern state began to take shape, and England's position in the world was transformed.

The Century of Revolution tries to penetrate below the familiar events to grasp when happened—to ordinary English men and women as well as to kings and queens or abstractions like "society" and "the state."

In this new edition, Dr. Hill includes the most important conclusions of recent research and has added postscripts drawing attention to especially significant books.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393300161
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	09/17/1982
Series:	Norton Library History of England Series
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	306
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Christopher Hill was for many years tutor and then Master of Balliol College, Oxford.

Table of Contents

List of abbreviations, Author’s preface, 1 Introductory, PART I 1603–40, PART II 1640–60, PART III 1660–88, PART IV 1688–1714, Epilogue, Appendices, Books for Further Reading, Index

Editorial Reviews

'This is a book we have all been waiting for - a history of the political and religious conflicts of the seventeenth century that is rooted in reality; and it will be a long, long time before this brilliantly lucid and forcefully argued book is bettered.' - Spectator

'Lucid and economical ... his immense range of reading sits lightly upon him, revealed only in the frequent, telling quotation on every aspect of seventeenth century life ... ingenious and provocative.' - Times Literary Supplement

'This is a book we have all been waiting for ... it will be a long, long time before this brilliantly lucid and forcefully argued book is bettered.' - The Spectator

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