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

by Harman Bhogal and Liam Haydon

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 looked at 'history from below, ' focusing instead on the ways in which the people of Britain saw the society they lived in and nurtured hopes for a better future. Failing to understand these factors - and the impact they had on the origins and outcomes of the wars of the 1640s - means failing to understand the historical period. In this sense, Hill's influential work is a great example of the problem-solving skills of asking productive questions and generating alternative possibilities. It forced a generation of historians to re-evaluate the things they thought they knew about a key pivot point in British history - and went on to influence the generations that came after them.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912128446
• ISBN13: 9781912128440
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Macat Library
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.1" x 7.8"