The Experience of Defeat: Milton and Some Contemporaries - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:VersoISBN-13:9781784786694ISBN-10:1784786691UPC:9781784786694Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Europe, Political Ideologies, ModernBook Topic:Great Britain, Radicalism, 17th CenturySize:8.20 x 5.50 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.2412Product ID:SCYGH8DZ0Y
The Experience of Defeat: Milton and Some Contemporaries
What happened to the radicals when the English Revolution failed? The Restoration, which re-established Charles II as king of England in 1660, marked the end of "God's cause"--a struggle for liberty and republican freedom. While most accounts of this period concentrate on the court, Christopher Hill focuses on those who mourned the passing of the most radical era in English history. The radical...
Language:EnglishPublisher:VersoISBN-13:9781784786694ISBN-10:1784786691UPC:9781784786694Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Europe, Political Ideologies, ModernBook Topic:Great Britain, Radicalism, 17th CenturySize:8.20 x 5.50 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.2412Product ID:SCYGH8DZ0Y
Christopher Hill (1912-2003), born in York, was a historian and academic specializing in seventeenth-century English history. As a young man he witnessed the growth of the Nazi party firsthand during a prolonged holiday in Germany, an experience he later said contributed to the radicalization of his politics. He was master of Balliol College, University of Oxford, his alma mater, from 1965 to...
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