Christopher Hill The class strugle of the English Revolution

As a prolific historian and scholar of 17th century England, Christopher Hill has taken a unique historical perspective on the Civil War and its manifestations. He perceives the revolution as being a bourgeois insurrection . He also believes that this is the reason for the shaping of England since that time. In 1913 R. G Usher wrote: “The English Revolution of 1640 is as much an enigma today as it was to Charles. It is a riddle, which …

…As stated before, Christopher Hill takes a unique approach when trying to speculate reasons for the Revolution. He believes that it was mainly due to the middle class struggling for rights. He thinks that this was fueled especially by three men and their ideas. These men were Sir Francis Bacon, Sir Walter Ralegh, and Sir Edward Coke. Hill is revered as one of the most prolific historians ever to study this subject in English History.