{"product_id":"the-world-turned-upside-down-radical-ideas-during-the-english-revolution-9780141993133","title":"The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'His finest work and one that was both symptom and engine of the concept of \"history from below\" ... Here Levellers, Diggers, Ranters, Muggletonians, the early Quakers and others taking advantage of the collapse of censorship to bid for new kinds of freedom were given centre stage' \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 'The World Turned Upside Down' Christopher Hill studies the beliefs of such radical groups as the Diggers, the Ranters, the Levellers and others, and the social and emotional impulses that gave rise to them. The relations between rich and poor classes, the part played by wandering 'masterless' men, the outbursts of sexual freedom, the great imaginative creations of Milton and Bunyan - these and many other elements build up into a marvellously detailed and coherent portrait of this strange, sudden effusion of revolutionary beliefs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Established the concept of an \"English Revolution\" every bit as significant and potentially as radical as its French and Russian equivalents' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Brilliant ... marvellous erudition and sympathy' David Caute, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'This book will outlive our time and will stand as a notable monument to the man, the committed radical scholar, and one of the finest historians of the age' \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'The dean and paragon of English historians' E.P. Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Hill\u003c\/b\u003e is the former Modern History Fellow and Tutor and Master of Balliol College, Oxford. His many award-winning books include \u003ci\u003eThe World Turned Upside Down\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe English Bible and the 17th Century Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50478881505554,"sku":"9780141993133","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cdb969fe-c789-40ad-bee7-372b58a68a7c.jpg?v=1730308394","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-world-turned-upside-down-radical-ideas-during-the-english-revolution-9780141993133","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}