The Crisis of the Seventeenth Century: Religion, the Reformation, and Social Change

by Hugh R. Trevor-Roper

Book Overview

The Crisis of the Seventeenth Century collects nine essays by Trevor-Roper on the themes of religion, the Reformation, and social change.

In his longest essay, "The European Witch-craze of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries," Trevor-Roper points out that "in England the most active phase of witch-hunting coincided with times of Puritan pressure--the reign of Queen Elizabeth and the period of the civil wars--and some...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865972788
• ISBN13: 9780865972780
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Liberty Fund
• Length: 465 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5