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1688: the first modern revolution

By Pincus , Steven C. A

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9780300115475
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7239072 bytes)
Series
Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
Pages
xiii, 647 pages : illustrations, maps\662
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Great Britain -- History -- Revolution of 1688;Gre

Description

The unmaking of a revolution -- Rethinking revolutions -- Going Dutch: English society in 1685 -- English politics at the accession of James II -- The ideology of Catholic modernity -- The practice of Catholic modernity -- Resistance to Catholic modernity -- Popular revolution -- Violent revolution -- Divisive revolution -- Revolution in foreign policy -- Revolution in political economy -- Revolution in the church -- Assassination, association, and the consolidation of revolution -- Conclusion: the first modern revolution.

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