Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context? 

Context:

I suppose we might as well blow another $49,249 on a cross cultural study of semiotic management and transformation of facial features in the makeup and masks of performers or $20,000 to examine the ecclesiastical courts of 19th century England or $35,000 for a study on craft industries in post-medieval Iran.

Hypothesis: England has only had 18 centuries.
No