Virtue | Compare and Contrast
- 1630s: Most of England was made up of cities and villages that were integrated with the natural world depicted in Herbert's "Virtue."
Today: After the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century and urban development of the twentieth, England is no longer the green, open country it was in Herbert's time. However, through concerted conservation efforts much of the nation's forest land has been restored.
- 1630s: Universities like Cambridge were dedicated primarily to educating young men to serve in the priesthood and thus focused on divinity...
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