A generational view of the 17th Century and how our current situation looks remarkably similar to the events of those four Turnings between 1600 and 1700. 

I previously referred to Unforgivable Dullness here, although I was looking at the start of the 18th Century, a First Turning that really was unexpectedly dull. (Which could mean we can expect a similarly unexciting follow-on to this current Fourth Turning.)

http://crisis.generationalize.com/2014/11/research.html

If you aren't getting your daily level of confusion and incomprehensibility, here's Wikipedia on The Spanish Match:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Match

A previous look at Charles I dissolving Parliament

http://crisis.generationalize.com/2014/09/1629.html

And a previous look at Sir Isaac Newton

http://crisis.generationalize.com/2014/12/1666.html

And while we're heading in that direction, a more complete look at King Philips War

http://crisis.generationalize.com/2014/08/1675.html

That the Founding Fathers wanted, among other things, to be treated more like landed gentry back in England came from Professor Joanne Freeman's excellent class on the American Revolution available on Open Yale courses:

http://oyc.yale.edu/history/hist-116

John Cleese's quip on The Divine Right of Presidents on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnCleese/status/889206863576911873

You can still find me on Twitter: @generationalize and blogging at  http://crisis.generationalize.com