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The Glorious Revolution
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World
History Series
The Glorious
Revolution
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World
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The Glorious
Revolution
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Clarice Swisher
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Swisher, Clarice, 1933-
The Glorious Revolution / by Clarice Swisher.
p. cm.—(World history series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary: Examines the events leading up to and the political
legacy of the bloodless English overthrow of its monarchy.
ISBN 1-56006-296-7 (alk. paper)
1. Great Britain—History—Revolution of 1688—Juvenile
literature. [1. Great Britain—History—Revolution of 1688.]
I.Title. II. Series.
DA452.S95 1996
941.06’7—dc20 95-31687
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Copyright 1996 by Lucent Books, Inc., P.O. Box 289011,
San Diego, California 92198-9011
Printed in the U.S.A.
No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any other
form or by any other means, electrical, mechanical, or other¬
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any information storage and retrieval system, without prior
written permission from the publisher.
Contents
Foreword 6
Important Dates in the Histoiy of
the Glorious Revolution 8
INTRODUCTION
The Struggles for Poiver and Religious Freedom 10
CHAPTER 1
From Tudor Harmony to Stuart Conflict, 1603-1640 15
CHAPTER 2
From Civil War to Anarchy, 1640-1660 27
CHAPTER 3
From Restoration to Disarray, 1660-1683 40
CHAPTER 4
From Absolutism to Rebellion, 1685-1688 52
CHAPTER 5
From Invasion to Rights, 1688-1689 66
CHAPTER 6
From Rights to Settlement, 1689-1702 77
CHAPTER 7
From Ideas to Effects 87
EPILOGUE
From England to the World 97
Notes 101
For Further Reading 104
Works Consulted 106
Index 108
Picture Credits 112
About the Author 112
Foreword
Each year on the first day of school, nearly example, studying the events that led up
every history teacher faces the task of ex¬ to the major world wars or other significant
plaining why his or her students should historical events would allow society to
study history. One logical answer to this chart a different and more favorable course
question is that exploring what happened in the future.
in our past explains how the things we Just as difficult as convincing students
often take for granted—our customs, ideas, to realize the importance of studying his¬
and institutions—came to be. As statesman tory is the search for useful and interest¬
and historian Winston Churchill put it, ing supplementary materials that present
“Every nation or group of nations has its historical events in a context that can be
own tale to tell. Knowledge of the trials easily understood. The volumes in Lucent
and struggles is necessary to all who would Books’ World History Series attempt to
comprehend the problems, perils, chal¬ present a broad, balanced, and penetrat¬
lenges, and opportunities which confront ing view of the march of history. Ancient
us today.” Thus, a study of history puts Egypt’s important wars and rulers, for ex¬
modern ideas and institutions in perspec¬ ample, are presented against the rich and
tive. For example, though the founders of colorful backdrop of Egyptian religious,
the United States were talented and cre¬ social, and cultural developments. The se¬
ative thinkers, they clearly did not invent ries engages the reader by enhancing his¬
the concept of democracy. Instead, they torical events with these cultural contexts.
adapted some democratic ideas that had For example, in Ancient Greece, the text cov¬
originated in ancient Greece and with ers the role of women in that society. Slav¬
which the Romans, the British, and others ery is discussed in The Roman Empire, as
had experimented. An exploration of these well as how slaves earned their freedom.
cultures, then, reveals their very real con¬ The numerous and varied aspects of every¬
nection to us through institutions that con¬ day life in these and other societies are
tinue to shape our daily lives. explored in each volume of the series. Ad¬
Another reason often given for study¬ ditionally, the series covers the major politi¬
ing history is the idea that lessons exist in cal, cultural, and philosophical ideas as
the past from which contemporary soci¬ the torch of civilization is passed from an¬
eties can benefit and learn. This idea, al¬ cient Mesopotamia and Egypt, through
though controversial, has always been an Greece, Rome, Medieval Europe, and other
intriguing one for historians. Those that world cultures, to the modern day.
agree that society can benefit from the The material in the series is formatted
past often quote philosopher George San¬ in a thorough, precise, and organized man¬
tayana’s famous statement, “Those who ner. Each volume offers the reader a com¬
cannot remember the past are condemned prehensive and clearly written overview of
to repeat it.” Historians who ascribe to an important historical event or period.
Santayana’s philosophy believe that, for The topic under discussion is placed in a
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