I wrote last month about how 1550-1650 is the century we need to look at if we want to explain why Britain had an acceleration of innovation that led to the Industrial Revolution. But what is so striking about the mid-sixteenth century is that it was a time of acute and near-constant economic, social, and religious crisis.
Age of Invention: The English Crisis
Age of Invention: The English Crisis
Age of Invention: The English Crisis
I wrote last month about how 1550-1650 is the century we need to look at if we want to explain why Britain had an acceleration of innovation that led to the Industrial Revolution. But what is so striking about the mid-sixteenth century is that it was a time of acute and near-constant economic, social, and religious crisis.