The English Revolution c. 1590–1720 Corinna Peniston-Bird

The English Revolution c. 1590–1720 Corinna Peniston-BirdThis book is about the crisis of transition marked by the English Revolution (1640 1660), while at the same time placing it in the context of a long seventeenth century running from about 1590 to 1720. Leading experts explore this theme, with special reference to developments in politics, religion and society, at national and local level.

An analysis of reality and 'the real' as presented in contemporary artistic creation

It emphasises the importance of this kind of historical work for general understandings of the meaning of human experience

While the Friday mosque and the 'Islamic City' have been widely studied by historians of Islamic architecture and urbanism

examines its strengths and weaknesses

this book makes a major contribution to understanding the dynamics of the English Revolution from a provincial perspective

The Arc and the machine is an important and timely book

political orientations

and the value of interdisciplinary methods within economics and the social sciences

governance

but also as donors

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‘A “Treatise on Abundance” (1638) and Early Modern Views of Poverty and Famine’ is an edited English translation of Carlo Tapia’s ‘Trattato dell’abondanza’