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The Final Crisis of the Stuart Monarchy

By Tim Harris

The Final Crisis of the Stuart Monarchy

By Tim Harris

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There has been an explosion of interest in the "Glorious" Revolution in recent years. Long regarded as the lesser of Britain's seventeenth-century revolutions, a faint after tremor following the major earthquake of mid-century, it is now coming to be seen as a major transformative episode in its own right, a landmark event which marked a distinctive break in British history. This collection sheds new light on the final crisis of the Stuart monarchy by re-examining the causes and implications of the dynastic shift of 1688-9 from a broad chronological, intellectual and geographical perspective. Comprising eleven essays by specialists in the field, it ranges from the 1660s to the mid-eighteenth century, deals with the history of ideas as well as political and religious history, and covers not just England, Scotland and Ireland but also explores the Atlantic and European contexts. Covering high politics and low politics, Tory and Whig political thought, and the experiences of both Catholics and Protestants, it ranges from protest and resistance to Jacobitism and counter-revolution and even offers an evaluation of British attitudes towards slavery. Written in a lively and engaging style and designed to be accessible to a broader audience, it combines new research with the latest scholarship to provide a fresh and invigorating introduction to the revolutionary period that transformed Britain and its empire.
TIM HARRIS is Munro-Goodwin-Wilkinson Professor in European History at Brown University.
STEPHEN TAYLOR is Professor in the History of Early Modern England at Durham University.
Contributors: Toby Barnard, Tony Claydon, John Gibney, Lionel K.J. Glassey, Gabriel Glickman, Mark Goldie, Tim Harris, John Marshall, Alasdair Raffe, Owen Stanwood, Stephen Taylor
Product details
Number of Pages:
330
Release Date:
2013-06-20
Publication Date:
2013-06-01
Publisher:
Boydell Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1843838168
ISBN13:
9781843838166
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[email protected]
Weight:
661 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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