The video of this lecture is taken from one day of instruction in the course HSB-27, The English Revolution, an undergraduate course in the Core Program.

Explores the causes, development, and consequences of the English Revolution of the 17th Century. The English Revolution is one of the pivotal events in Anglo-American and European history. It marks the first constitutional challenge to an absolute monarch and is the crucial forerunner to the American and French Revolutions. Studies the origins of a revolutionary crisis, the dynamics of revolutionary change, and the actions and aspirations of revolutionaries within the context of 17th-century English society. Readings, drawn from contemporary and historical literature, include works by Milton, Hobbes, Clarendon, and Pepys. Discussion sections focus on reading primary materials.