The Century of Revolution, 1603-1714 - Couverture souple

Hill, Christopher

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415051789 ISBN 13 : 9780415051781

Editeur : Routledge, 1980

Synopsis

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. Since it was first published in 1961 The Century of Revolution has become established as a classic. It tries to penetrate below the familiar events to grasp what happened' - to ordinary English men and women as well as to kings and queens or abstractions like society' and the State'. It proves that the seventeenth century is still sufficiently part of us today, of our ways of thinking, our prejudices, and our hopes, to be worth trying to understand. In this new edition Dr. Hill includes the most important conclusions of valuable research over the last twenty years and has added postscripts drawing attention to especially significant books.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

There is an immense range of books about the English Civil War, but one historian stands head and shoulders above all others for the quality of his work on the subject. In 1961 Christopher Hill first published what has come to be acknowledged as the best concise history of the period, Century of Revolution. Stimulating, vivid and provocative, his graphic depiction of the turbulent era examines ordinary English men and women as well as kings and queens.

Biographie de l'auteur

Christopher Hill (1912 -). Distinguished Marxist historian and scholar of 17th century England.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0415051789
• ISBN 13: 9780415051781
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible