This paper was given at a conference and first published in Studien uber die Revolution, Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, 1969. When we compare or contrast the English Revolution of the 17th century with the ...
An example of a probate inventory from England in the late 17th century. This is the inventory of John Booth, a victualler (supplier of food and alcohol) from Macclesfield in the county of Cheshire, ...
Learn how hats became symbols of power and protest in early modern England’s “hat wars,” and why refusing to remove one could defy authority. We’ve all likely been told one time or another to take off ...
”Keep it hidden, keep it warm“ was the instruction for these capsules of anti-evil from 17th century England. The reasons why are creepy—but often misunderstood. This pale, reptilian-patterned jug was ...
(A) Merry Jest of John Thomson and Jackaman his wife Douglas Wootton, Tenor Anonymous, Composer (The) City Waites (The) Seven Merry Wives of London, or The Gossips Complaint (The) City Waites Lucie ...
Millions of historical employment records show the British workforce turned sharply towards manufacturing jobs during the 1600s -- suggesting the birth of the industrial age has much deeper roots, say ...
Britain was already well on its way to an industrialized economy under the reign of the Stuarts in the 17th century—over 100 years before textbooks mark the start of the Industrial ...