Going Dutch
Going Dutch

Author: Lisa Jardine

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2011-02-22

Total Pages: 1065

ISBN-13: 0062043382

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On November 5, 1688, William of Orange, Protestant ruler of the Dutch Republic, landed at Torbay in Devon with a force of twenty thousand men. Five months later, William and his wife, Mary, were jointly crowned king and queen after forcing James II to abdicate. Yet why has history recorded this bloodless coup as an internal Glorious Revolution rather than what it truly was: a full-scale invasion and conquest by a foreign nation? The remarkable story of the relationship between two of Europe's most important colonial powers at the dawn of the modern age, Lisa Jardine's Going Dutch demonstrates through compelling new research in political and social history how Dutch tolerance, resourcefulness, and commercial acumen had effectively conquered Britain long before William and his English wife arrived in London.

The Sinews of Power
The Sinews of Power

Author: John Brewer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-11

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1134998511

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First published in 1989. `The book is a distinguished work - of importance to students of governmental development generally. It is written in a fluent, non-technical manner that should reach a wide audience.' American Historical Review.

The Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution

Author: Edward Vallance

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781605980348

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"A swashbuckling re-examination of a forgotten moment in British history by a richly talented young historian." Daily Telegraph"

A/AS Level History for AQA Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702 Student Book
A/AS Level History for AQA Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702 Student Book

Author: Mark Parry

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-11-05

Total Pages: 141

ISBN-13: 1107531209

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A new series of bespoke, full-coverage resources developed for the AQA 2015 A/AS Level History. Written for the AQA A/AS Level History specifications for first teaching from 2015, this print Student Book covers the Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603-1702 Breadth component. Completely matched to the new AQA specification, this full-colour Student Book provides valuable background information to contextualise the period of study. Supporting students in developing their critical thinking, research and written communication skills, it also encourages them to make links between different time periods, topics and historical themes.

1688
1688

Author: Steven C. A. Pincus

Publisher: Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780300171433

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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.