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The Glorious Revolution

Edward Vallance
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Author : Edward Vallance
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781405527767

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In 1688, a group of leading politicians invited the Dutch prince William of Orange over to England to challenge the rule of the catholic James II. When James's army deserted him he fled to France, leaving the throne open to William and Mary. During the following year a series of bills were passed which many believe marked the triumph of constitutional monarchy as a system of government. In this radical new interpretation of the Glorious Revolution, Edward Vallance challenges the view that it was a bloodless coup in the name of progress and wonders whether in fact it created as many problems as it addressed. Certainly in Scotland and Ireland the Revolution was characterised by warfare and massacre. Beautifully written, full of lively pen portraits of contemporary characters and evocative of the increasing climate of fear at the threat of popery, this new book fills a gap in the popular history market and sets to elevate Edward Vallance to the highest league of popular historians.

Revolution

Tim Harris
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Author : Tim Harris
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141926711

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To an extraordinary extent everyone in Britain still lives under the shadow of the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688. It was a massive, brutal and terrifying event, which completely changed the governments of England, Scotland and Ireland and which was only achieved through overwhelming violence. Revolution brilliantly captures the sense that this was a great turning point in Britain's history, but also shows how severe a price was paid to achieve this.

The Glorious Revolution and the Continuity of Law

Richard S. Kay
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Author : Richard S. Kay
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813226873

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The Glorious Revolution and the Continuity of Law by Richard S. Kay Pdf

Explores the relationship between law and revolution. Historical experience shows that revolutions are frequently accompanied by the invocation rather than the repudiation of law. No example is clearer than that of the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89. This study adds a new dimension to the literature of the Glorious Revolution by describing and analysing this central paradox: the revolutionaries tried to break the rules of the constitution and, at the same time, be true to them.

1688

Steven C. A. Pincus
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Author : Steven C. A. Pincus
Publisher : Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0300171439

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1688 by Steven C. A. Pincus Pdf

Historians have viewed England's Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689 as an un-revolutionary revolution--bloodless, consensual, aristocratic, and above all, sensible. Steve Pincus refutes this traditional view. He demonstrates that England's revolution was a European event, that it took place over a number of years, and that it had repercussions in India, North America, the West Indies, and throughout continental Europe. His rich narrative, based on new archival research, traces the transformation of English foreign policy, religious culture, and political economy that, he argues, was the intended consequence of the revolutionaries of 1688-1689. James II's modernization program emphasized centralized control, repression of dissidents, and territorial empire. The revolutionaries, by contrast, took advantage of the new economic possibilities to create a bureaucratic but participatory state, which emphasized its ideological break with the past and envisioned itself as continuing to evolve. All of this, argues Pincus, makes the Glorious Revolution--not the French Revolution--the first truly modern revolution.--From publisher description.

The Great Railroad Revolution

Christian Wolmar
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Author : Christian Wolmar
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781610391801

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The Great Railroad Revolution by Christian Wolmar Pdf

America was made by the railroads. The opening of the Baltimore & Ohio line -- the first American railroad -- in the 1830s sparked a national revolution in the way that people lived thanks to the speed and convenience of train travel. Promoted by visionaries and built through heroic effort, the American railroad network was bigger in every sense than Europe's, and facilitated everything from long-distance travel to commuting and transporting goods to waging war. It united far-flung parts of the country, boosted economic development, and was the catalyst for America's rise to world-power status. Every American town, great or small, aspired to be connected to a railroad and by the turn of the century, almost every American lived within easy access of a station. By the early 1900s, the United States was covered in a latticework of more than 200,000 miles of railroad track and a series of magisterial termini, all built and controlled by the biggest corporations in the land. The railroads dominated the American landscape for more than a hundred years but by the middle of the twentieth century, the automobile, the truck, and the airplane had eclipsed the railroads and the nation started to forget them. In The Great Railroad Revolution, renowned railroad expert Christian Wolmar tells the extraordinary story of the rise and the fall of the greatest of all American endeavors, and argues that the time has come for America to reclaim and celebrate its often-overlooked rail heritage.

The Glorious Revolution in America

David S. Lovejoy
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Author : David S. Lovejoy
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780819572608

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An outstanding examination of the Crises that lead to the colonial rebellions of 1689.

The Glorious Revolution

Eveline Cruickshanks
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Author : Eveline Cruickshanks
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2000-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0312230095

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The Glorious Revolution by Eveline Cruickshanks Pdf

This radical reassessment of the origins, circumstances and impact of the Revolution of 1688-89 takes a fresh look at the Glorious Revolution in its parliamentary, religious, and economic context and places it in its European setting. Eveline Cruickshanks argues that James II was a revolutionary king and that the Revolution eventually enabled Britain to become a world power.

William of Orange and the Fight for the Crown of England

Brian Best
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Author : Brian Best
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526795236

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William of Orange and the Fight for the Crown of England by Brian Best Pdf

“Essential reading for anyone who wanted to know the real story of how William of Orange became King of England” (Books Monthly). In 1688, a vast fleet of 463 ships, twice the size of the Spanish Armada, put to sea from Holland. On board was William of Orange with 40,000 soldiers—their objective, England. The Protestant William had been encouraged by a group of Church of England bishops to risk everything and oust the Catholic King James. He landed at Tor Bay in Devon and soon gathered enough support, including that of John Churchill, the future Duke of Marlborough, to cause King James to flee to France. It had been seen, in the eyes of most in England and Scotland as a “Glorious” Revolution. William ascended the throne along with his wife Mary, the daughter of England’s Charles II, who had preceded James. Though the revolution had been virtually bloodless, William had to fight to keep his crown. Most Irish were Catholics and King William’s armies met stiff opposition there. In this, James saw a chance to regain his crown. Sailing to Ireland, he led his Jacobite troops against William at the Battle of the Boyne on 1 July 1690. James was defeated, ending his hopes of ousting William. There were also large numbers of Catholics in Scotland, but they too were defeated by William’s army at the Battle of Killiecrankie. This, in turn, led to the infamous Massacre of Glencoe. The accession of William and Mary to the throne was a landmark moment in British history, one which saw Parliament emerge into the modern state. In January 1689, two months after the Glorious Revolution, Parliament met and in February a Declaration of Rights was incorporated into the Bill of Rights. This included the measure that the crown could not tax without Parliament’s consent or interfere in elections. William, therefore, is not only known both for being one of England’s most revolutionary kings, but also one of the least remembered.

The Glorious Revolution

John Miller
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Author : John Miller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317887188

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First published in 1983, John Miller's Glorious Revolution established itself as the standard introduction to the subject. It examines the dramatic events themselves and demonstrates the profound impact the Revolution had on subsequent British history. The Second Edition contains a fuller discussion of Scotland and Ireland, the growth of a fiscal-military state and the role of religion and the Revolution.

Glorious Revolution, 1688

Kathleen Merle Chacksfield
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Author : Kathleen Merle Chacksfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015028740341

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Glorious Revolution, 1688 by Kathleen Merle Chacksfield Pdf

Author K. Merle Chacksfield tells the story of the Revolution of 1688 ain the words, where possible, of those who were there at the time and who have left a written record of what they saw and knew. Sources include: Rev John Whittle, Dr Gilbert Burnet, Henry Hyde and Sir George Savile.

Huguenot Soldiers of William of Orange and the Glorious Revolution of 16

Matthew Glozier
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Author : Matthew Glozier
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781837642250

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Huguenot Soldiers of William of Orange and the Glorious Revolution of 16 by Matthew Glozier Pdf

Provides the analysis of the political, religious and social rationale which underlay Huguenot support for William of Orange in 1688. This book serves as a source of biographical information about hundreds of Huguenot soldiers in British, Dutch and Brandenburg service in the period 1670 to 1700.

Civil War

Peter Ackroyd
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Author : Peter Ackroyd
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781447271703

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In Civil War, Peter Ackroyd continues his dazzling account of England's history, beginning with the progress south of the Scottish king, James VI, who on the death of Elizabeth I became the first Stuart king of England, and ends with the deposition and flight into exile of his grandson, James II. The Stuart dynasty brought together the two nations of England and Scotland into one realm, albeit a realm still marked by political divisions that echo to this day. More importantly, perhaps, the Stuart era was marked by the cruel depredations of civil war, and the killing of a king. Ackroyd paints a vivid portrait of James I and his heirs. Shrewd and opinionated, the new King was eloquent on matters as diverse as theology, witchcraft and the abuses of tobacco, but his attitude to the English parliament sowed the seeds of the division that would split the country in the reign of his hapless heir, Charles I. Ackroyd offers a brilliant – warts and all – portrayal of Charles's nemesis Oliver Cromwell, Parliament's great military leader and England's only dictator, who began his career as a political liberator but ended it as much of a despot as 'that man of blood', the king he executed. England's turbulent seventeenth century is vividly laid out before us, but so too is the cultural and social life of the period, notable for its extraordinarily rich literature, including Shakespeare's late masterpieces, Jacobean tragedy, the poetry of John Donne and Milton and Thomas Hobbes' great philosophical treatise, Leviathan. Civil War also gives us a very real sense of the lives of ordinary English men and women, lived out against a backdrop of constant disruption and uncertainty.

The Revolution of Peter the Great

James CRACRAFT,James Cracraft
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Author : James CRACRAFT,James Cracraft
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674029941

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The Revolution of Peter the Great by James CRACRAFT,James Cracraft Pdf

Many books chronicle the remarkable life of Russian tsar Peter the Great, but none analyze how his famous reforms actually took root and spread in Russia. By century's end, Russia was poised to play a critical role in the Napoleonic wars and boasted an elite culture about to burst into its golden age. In The Revolution of Peter the Great, James Cracraft offers a brilliant new interpretation of this pivotal era.

Three British Revolutions

John Greville Agard Pocock
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Author : John Greville Agard Pocock
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400856473

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Three British Revolutions by John Greville Agard Pocock Pdf

In this collection of essays, a group of distinguished American and British historians explores the relations between the American Revolution and its predecessors, the Puritan Revolution of 1641 and the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Originally published in 1980. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Last Revolution

Patrick Dillon
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Author : Patrick Dillon
Publisher : Random House
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781448163342

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The last successful invasion of England; mobs burning Catholic chapels; one king, James, driven from his palace by night while another, William, rode in at the head of a foreign army; the events of winter 1688 were among the most dramatic in our history. The settlement which followed would place England decisively on the path to freedom, toleration, parliamentary democracy and empire. Few moments have done so much to shape this country as the Glorious Revolution. But 1688 would change England in other ways as well. This was the time of Isaac Newton's scientific breakthroughs and John Locke's philosophy; the emergence of free market ideas and the end of press censorship. Closely researched, teeming with dramatic incident and vivid character and weaving political drama with the lives of scientists and revolutionaries, stockjobbers and refugees, The Last Revolution paints a vivid canvas of England's last great political struggle and brings to life the revolutionary world of the late seventeenth century.