Milton and the English Revolution

About Christopher Hill

Christopher Hill (1912-2003) born in York was a historian and academic specialising in seventeenth-century English history. As a young man he witnessed the growth of the Nazi party firsthand during a prolonged holiday in Germany an experience he later said contributed to the radicalisation of his politics. He was master of Balliol College University of Oxford his alma mater from 1965 to 1978. His celebrated and influential works include Intellectual Origins of the English Revolution The World Turned Upside Down and A Turbulent Seditious and Fractious People: John Bunyan and His Church.