Download A Macat Analysis of Christopher Hill's The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution AudioBook Free
British historian Christopher Hill transformed taking into consideration the British Civil Wars (1642-51) on its mind when he published The World Turned Benefit Down in 1972. Rather than focusing on power struggles in top of the echelons of British contemporary society - on the fight between the monarchy and would-be republicans - Hill viewed to develop "history from below", investigating the lives of ordinary people, just how they saw contemporary society, and their politics hopes for future years. Hill uncovered dissent, unrest, and the desire to have a fuller, long lasting revolution in the interpersonal order. This desire to have what ordinary people seen as a fairer contemporary society was eventually squashed when the interpersonal elites were restored to their position of power. A confirmed Marxist, Hill's interpretations of record have fallen right out of favour with some in recent times. But The World Turned Benefit Down remains probably the best standard record of popular radicalism of the time.
