The world turned upside down
by Christopher Hill · first published 1972
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From the subtitle "Radical Ideas during the English Revolution", a classic work by a major English radical scholar of a modern view of the English Revolution. The history of the rise of English Dissenters both political and religious pre-Civil War (1641) to the Restoration (1660). A discussion of the underlying social, economic, political, and religious influences of the period. An in depth discussion of the various individuals,the radical groups, and their writtings that were attempting to influence the political and social structure of the country, and a rising middle class. A well research
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…book-- but I think that Christopher Hibbert's Cavaliers and Roundheads: The English Civil War, 1642-1649 does a really good job. More in depth but I think interesting to a lot of HN readers would be The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution by Christopher Hill. If you have the time, I think that Veronica Wedgwood's (she published as CV Wedgwood) history of the era is pretty great. The writing…
on “The Queen has more power over British law than we thought” ↗By far, my favorite book on this era, The World Turned Upside Down, by Christopher Hill: https://www.amazon.com/World-Turned-Upside-Down/dp/014199313... As the book summary says: "Within the English revolution of the mid-seventeenth century which resulted in the triumph…
on “Pulsating Panorama of a Complex Decade” ↗…established by the founders of the Annales school. But this enormously influential group of historians were a constant source of inspiration to Christopher Hill, and I think shaped the way he wrote The World Turned Upside Down. I recommend both Hill and Braudel, both pillars of my intellectual life.
on “Christopher Hill's History from Below” ↗I recently read "The World Turned Upside Down" and I was surprised by the parallels: https://www.amazon.com/World-Turned-Upside-Down-Revolution/d... During the English revolt, the censorship of the press was suspended, and people could publish…
on “The spread of low-credibility content by social bots” ↗