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William III, William of Orange (1650-1702), is a key figure in English history. Grandson of Charles I and married to Mary, eldest daughter of James II, the pair became the object of protestant hopes after James lost the throne. Though William was personally unpopular - his continental ties the source of suspicion and resentment - Tony Claydon argues that William was key to solving the chronic instability of seventeenth-century Britain and Ireland. It took someone with a European vision and foreign experience of handling a free political system, to end the stand-off between ruler and people th

כותר William III / Tony Claydon.
מוציא לאור London : Routledge
שנה 2014, c2002
הערות First published 2002 by Pearson Education Limited.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
הערת תוכן ותקציר Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgements
Maps and table
Notes on style and abbreviations
Timeline: the main events of William's career
Introduction: William III in British and Irish History
PART ONE: WILLIAM'S LIFE
1 An Orange: William's Career, 1650-88
The shape of William's Dutch career
The course of William's Dutch career
2 A Stuart? William's British Career, 1688-1702
William and the invasion of England
William's career as king in Britain and Ireland
Conclusion
PART TWO: WILLIAM AND THE STUART REALMS
3 William and the English Constitution
The problem: constitutional instability in England and WalesWilliam's constitutional advantages
William's solution: the revolutionary settlement
William's solution: the policies of the 1690s
4 William and Political Party
The problem: the legacy of political division
William and the constitutional disputes between parties
William and the religious disputes between parties
William and party organisation
5 William and the English State
The problem: the weakness of the English state in the seventeenth century
William and the Dutch state
William's solution: the Protestant state
William's solution: the parliamentary stateWilliam's state and Europe
6 William and the 'Three Kingdoms': England, Scotland and Ireland
The 'British problem' in the seventeenth century
The initial British crisis: William, Scotland and Ireland, 1688-91
William's failure in British politics: Scots and Irish resentment
William's success in British politics: religious moderation and parliamentary government
Conclusion: William's Place in History
Bibliography
Index
סדרה Profiles In Power
היקף החומר 1 online resource (225 p.)
שפה אנגלית
מספר מערכת 997010714780705171
תצוגת MARC

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