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“Changing perspectives” in current
scholarship on the Revolution of 1688 are
beginning to revise the so-called ‘Whig
view” which has been accepted for almost
three hundred years. In an effort to advance
this process of revision, this volume of novel
and interdisciplinary essays offers new
interpretations of the Revolution of 1688—89
and of the late Stuart and early Hanoverian
world from an international and an English
domestic perspective.
By employing some newly recovered or
hitherto neglected material, and by dealing
with little-explored issues from the
perspectives of British, Dutch, and colonial
American history, and of British political and
religious history and theory, literature, law
and women’s history, the contributors
broaden the context in which the Revolution
is usually placed and in doing so unite
multiple disciplines. Several overriding
conclusions emerge. The Revolution was
more complex and subtle in process,
ideology, settlement and result than has been
acknowledged previously. A lively print
culture assured the circulation and
importance of political and religious ideas.
Radical as well as conservative ideas
survived. The unfolding of the Revolution
contained many contingent variables; there
was nothing predictable or preordained about
it. The events of 1688—89 comprised many
revolutions that were played out differently
and perceived differently from the vantage
points of high or popular culture or in the
contexts of England, Scotland, Ireland, France,
and the American colonies.
LOIS G. SCHWOERER is Professor of History,
The George Washington University.
For a list of contents and contributors, see
back flap
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“Changing perspectives” in current scholarship on the Revolution of 1688 are
beginning to revise the so-called ‘““Whig view” which has been accepted for
almost three hundred years. In an effort to advance this process of revision,
this volume of novel and interdisciplinary essays offers new interpretations of
the Revolution of 1688-89 and of the late Stuart and early Hanoverian world
from an international and an English domestic perspective.
By employing some newly recovered or hitherto neglected material, and by
dealing with little-explored issues from the perspectives of British, Dutch, and
colonial American history, and of British political and religious history and
theory, literature, law, and women’s history, the contributors broaden the
context in which the Revolution is usually placed and in doing so unite
multiple disciplines. Several overriding conclusions emerge. The Revolution
was more complex and subtle in process, ideology, settlement, and result than
has been acknowledged previously. A lively print culture assured the
circulation and importance of political and religious ideas. Radical as well as
conservative ideas survived. The unfolding of the Revolution contained many
contingent variables; there was nothing predictable or preordained about it.
The events of 1688-89 comprised many revolutions that played out differently
and were perceived differently from the vantage point of high or popular
culture or in the contexts of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, and the
American colonies.
The Revolution of 1686-1689
Allegory of the accession of William and Mary. Etching by Romeyn de Hooghe published by Carel
Allard, 1689. The Banqueting House is depicted on the left; in the lower right Mary’s ermine stole
partially covers the portrait of one of her ancestors, William the Conqueror. The British Museum.
The Revolution of 1688-1689
Changing perspectives
Edited by Lois G. Schwoerer
Professor of History, The George Washington University
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The Revolution of 1688-1689: changing perspectives/edited by Lois
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ISBN 0—521—39321-3 (hardback)
1. Great Britain — History — Revolution of 1688. I. Schwoerer,
Lois G.
DA452.R.49 1992
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