James II and the Trial of the Seven Bishops
2009 | 272 | ISBN: 0230204007 | PDF | 1 Mb
The pain of the seven bishops in 1688 was a signifcant preamble to the Glorious Revolution, as in vogue support for the bishops led to a widespread welcome for William of Orange's foray. Their prosecution showed James II at his ut~ intolerant, and threatened the only enactment for which most English people felt other thing loyalty than the monarchy. This work is a fresh interpretation of the events leading to the Glorious Revolution of 1688, showing the meaning of James II's prosecution of seven bishops being of the cl~s who the signal for the revolution itself....
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