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What were Hugh Trevor-Ropers thoughts on the general crisis of the 17th century?
Hugh Trevor-Ropers argued that the middle years of the 17th century in Western Europesaw a widespread break-down in politics, economics and society.

Question: What were the effects of this break-down?
Self-contained rewrite: What were the effects of the break-downs in politics, economics and society in the 17th Century crisis?