Crisis of the Seventeenth Century, The [Hardcover]

Hugh Trevor-Roper (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0865972745 | ISBN-13: 978-0865972742

European History

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The crisis in government, society, and ideas which occurred, both in Europe and in England, between the Reformation and the middle of the seventeenth century constituted the crucible for what went down in the general social and intellectual revolution of the mid-seventeenth century. Trevor-Roper from his preface

About the Author

Hugh Trevor-Roper, Lord Dacre, is retired Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Hardcover: 465 pages
• Publisher: Liberty Fund (March 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865972745
• ISBN-13: 978-0865972742
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,548,818 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fundamental book, April 1, 2007

By 

Joao H. Dos Santos (Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Crisis of the Seventeenth Century, The (Paperback)

This a fundamental book for all those who are interested either academically of personally in the history of the Reformation, specially in the XVIth and XVIIth centuries. Prof. Dr. Trevor-Hoper analyses deeply several aspects of the cultural, religious, economical and social history of that time of history. It is a key book for students, social scientists, historians and scientists of religion.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why did the witch trials stop?, May 13, 2002

By 

Professor Joseph L. McCauley "Joseph L. McCauley" (Austria+Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crisis of the Seventeenth Century, The (Hardcover)

Fascinating history of the witch trials from their beginning in the hands of two monks trying to 'civilize' relatively pagan regions like the Alps and Pyrenees until their peak at the time of the deaths of Galileo, Descartes, and Kepler, and the birth of Newton. One learns that the Swedish Cristina, who attracted Descartes to Stockholm as her philosophy teacher, put the end to the witch trials there, after her father had contributed to the world the Thirty Years War. A good starter for anyone interested in the intermittent decline of the influence of religion in the west as the enlightenment caught steam.