Christopher Hill and Marxist History

TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: Christopher Hill and Marxist History Tuesday 06 February 2024 is the 112th anniversary of the birth of Christopher Hill (06 February 1912 – 23 February 2003), who was born in York on this date in 1912. Hill, one of the most prominent British Marxist historians of his generation, dedicated his career as an historian to the early modern period in England, drawn to the period for its radical and revolutionary possibilities, writing books such as Intellectual Origins of the English Revolution, The Century of Revolution, 1603-1714, Some Intellectual Consequences of the English Revolution, and The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas during the English Revolution. Quora: Discord: Links: Newsletter: #philosophy #history #philosophyofhistory #ChristopherHill #Marxism #radicalism #revolution