1st Edition

An Analysis of Christopher Hill's The World Turned Upside Down Radical Ideas During the English Revolution

By Harman Bhogal, Liam Haydon Copyright 2017
96 Pages
by Macat Library

96 Pages
by Macat Library

98 Pages
by Macat Library

Few works of history have succeeded so completely in forcing their readers to take a fresh look at the evidence as Christopher Hill's The World Turned Upside Down – and that achievement is rooted firmly in Hill's exceptional problem-solving skills. Traditional interpretations of the English Civil War concentrated heavily on a top-down analysis of the doings of king and parliament. Hill... Read more

Ways in to the Text  

Who was Christopher Hill?  

What does The World Turned Upside Down Say?  

Why does The World Turned Upside Down Matter?  

Section 1: Influences 

Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context 

Module 2: Academic Context  

Module 3: The Problem 

Module 4: The Author's Contribution  

Section 2: Ideas 

Module 5: Main Ideas 

Module 6: Secondary Ideas  

Module 7: Achievement  

Module 8: Place in the Author's Work 

Section 3: Impact  

Module 9: The First Responses  

Module 10: The Evolving Debate 

Module 11: Impact and Influence Today 

Module 12: Where Next? 

Glossary of Terms 

People Mentioned in the Text  

Works Cited

Biography

Dr Harman Bhogal holds a PhD in early Modern History from Birkbeck, London.

Dr Liam Haydon holds a doctorate in English literature from Manchester University. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Kent, where his work focuses on the cultural impacts of global trade in the early seventeenth century.