James II and English Politics, 1678-1688Michael Mullett reconsiders, in the light of recent scholarship and of altering perceptions of the English past, the events of the crucial years 1678-1688; from the Restoration era through the exclusion crisis to the 'Glorious Revolution'.Michael Mullett reconsiders, in the light of recent r attlee's* and of altering perceptions of the English past, the events of the crucial years 1678-1688; from the Restoration era through the exclusion crisis, and subsequent reign of James to the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688. He focuses on the central role of James, Duke of York, and from 1685-1688, King of England, but locates the growing difficulties of his reign within the wider context of political and religious trends. |
Contents
Introduction popery and politics | 1 |
The Popish Plot | 5 |
Exclusion | 13 |
The second restoration 16815 | 36 |
A man for arbitrary power? James II 16857 | 47 |
The search for new allies James II 16878 | 57 |
Jamess overthrow | 69 |
Conclusion | 80 |
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