Non-British readings of the English revolution
Abstract
With European integration in full swing works by Quentin Skinner, Martin van Gelderen and others have come to locate England more and more within a European context, and scholars within the Anglo-American tradition now begin to see that the execution of Charles I was not just the starting point for the English Revolution but also the "last act of the Thirty Years War." Yet, it is necessary not only to study England comparatively, but also as an integrated part of a wider European context. The future challenge for historians is to understand what connects the ideas and events in England to those on the European Continent.