1st Edition
A Nation of Change and Novelty Radical Politics, Religion and Literature in Seventeenth-Century England
A Nation of Change and Novelty (1990) ranges broadly over the political and literary terrain of the seventeenth century, examining the importance of the English Revolution as a decisive event in English and European history. It emphasises the historical significance of the English Revolution, exploring not only its causes but also its long term consequences, basing both in a broad social context and viewing it as a necessary condition of England’s having nurtured the first Industrial Revolution.
1. Introduction 2. The Place of the Seventeenth-Century Revolution in English History 3. Political Discourse in Early Seventeenth-Century England 4. Archbishop Laud’s Place in English History 5. The Word ‘Revolution’ 6. Governments and Public Relations: Reformation to ‘Glorious’ Revolution 7. Gerrard Winstanley and Freedom 8. Seventeenth-Century English Radicals and Ireland 9. Abolishing the Ranters 10. Literature and the English Revolution 11. The Restoration and Literature 12. History and the Present
Biography
Christopher Hill
