Crisis and Catastrophe: The Global Crisis Of The Seventeenth Century Reconsidered Essays

The main argument of the article is: The main argument of the Parker (2008) article is that the mid-seventeenth century was a period of unprecedented global crisis, characterized by widespread state breakdown, popular revolts, wars, famines, epidemics, and social unrest (p. 1053). The article suggests that one of the main causes of this crisis was a ... Read More