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The “Hat Wars” of 17th-Century England — When Keeping Your Hat On Signaled Political Rebellion

Learn how hats became symbols of power and protest in early modern England’s “hat wars,” and why refusing to remove one could defy authority. We’ve all likely been told one time or another to take off ...
Libcom

Plebeian irreligion in 17th century England - Christoper Hill

This paper was given at a conference and first published in Studien uber die Revolution, Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, 1969. When we compare or contrast the English Revolution of the 17th century with the ...
San Diego Reader

Henry Vaughan: a 17th-century England “metaphysical poet”

The Incarnation, and Passion Lord, when Thou didst Thyself undress, Laying by Thy robes of glory, To make us more, Thou wouldst be less, And becam’st a woful story. To put on clouds instead of light, ...
The Atlantic

The New-England Revolution of the Seventeenth Century

IN the first week of March, 1689, Sir Edmund Andros returned to Boston from an expedition against the Indians of Maine. He had now governed New England more than two years for King James II., ...

A Couple Renovated Their Kitchen—and Stumbled Upon Buried Treasure From the 17th Century

While digging deeper for more space, this family uncovered relics from a civil war.