Author: Carolyn Bancroft AndervontPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
The Parliamentary Challenge to the Royal Prerogative, 1660-1685
Author: Carolyn Bancroft AndervontPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Subjects and Sovereigns
Author: Corinne Comstock WestonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521892865
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
The book charts the establishment of the modern idea of parliamentary sovereignty.
The Parliament of Great Britain
Author: Robert GoehlertPublisher: Free Press
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The Good Old Cause of Algernon Sidney
Author: Sah J. HongJames II
Author: John MillerPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300143419
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
James II (1633–1701) lacked the charisma of his father, Charles I, but shared his tendency to dismiss the views of others when they differed from his own. Failing to understand his subjects, James was also misunderstood by them. In this highly-regarded biography, John Miller reassesses James II and his reign, drawing on a wide array of primary sources from France, Italy, and Ireland as well as England. Miller argues that the king had many laudable attributes--he was brave, loyal, honorable, and hard-working, and he was at least as benevolent toward his people as his father had been. Yet James’s conversion to Catholicism fueled the distrust of his Protestant subjects who placed the worst possible construction on his actions and statements. Although James came to see the securing of religious freedom for Catholics in the wider context of freedom for all religious minorities, his people naturally doubted the sincerity of his commitment to toleration. The book explores James’s relations with the state and society, focusing on the political, diplomatic, and religious issues that shaped his reign. Miller discusses the human failings, the gulf of understanding between the king and his subjects, and the sheer bad luck that led to James’s downfall. He also considers the reasons for James’s lack of interest in recovering his kingdom after his flight to France in 1688. This revised edition of the book includes a substantial new foreword assessing recent work on the reign. “This is a first-class essay in historical biography. . . . It must displace all previous lives of James II.”—J. P. Kenyon, Observer
Sir Matthew Hale and the English Law
Author: Andrew Page SpiegelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Common law
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Current Research in British Studies by American and Canadian Scholars
Author: The National Union Catalogs, 1963-
Author: The True Law of Free Monarchies
Author: James I (King of England)Publisher: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
ISBN: 9780969751267
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The later Stuart Church, 1660–1714
Author: Grant TapsellPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526130726
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
The later Stuart Church, 1660-1714 features nine essays written by leading scholars in the field and offers new insights into the place of the Church of England within the volatile Restoration era, complementing recent research into political and intellectual culture under the later Stuarts. Sections on ideas and people include essays covering the royal supremacy, the theology of the later Stuart Church and clerical and lay interests. Attention is also given to how the Church of England interacted with Protestant churches in Scotland, Ireland, continental Europe and colonial North America. A concluding section examines the difficult relationships and creative tensions between the established Church in England, Protestant dissenters, and Roman Catholics. The later Stuart Church is intended to be both accessible for students and thought-provoking for scholars within the broad early modern field.