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, itis 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
attitudestowards 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
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The Revolutions of 1688-91 in their British, Atlantic and European Contexts
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781782041269
Publisert
2020
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Ingram Publisher Services UK- Academic
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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