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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- BOOK XVI THE LATER YEARS OF CHARLES II, 1675—1685 WHIGS AND TORIES
- BOOK XVII REIGN OF JAMES II, FEBRUARY 1685 TO SEPTEMBER 1688
- BOOK XVIII THE FALL OF JAMES II IN ITS CONNEXION WITH THE EUROPEAN CONFLICTS WHICH MARKED THE CLOSE OF 1688
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP. I Relations of James II to the Court of Rome and to the disputes of the Continental Powers
- CHAP. II The Prince of Orange and the Protestant Episcopalian party in England
- CHAP. III Preparations and German alliances of the Prince of Orange
- CHAP. IV Irresolute behaviour of the English Government. Landing of the Prince
- CHAP. V Decision of the struggle in England. Flight of James II
- BOOK XIX COMPLETION OF THE REVOLUTION IN THE THREE KINGDOMS, 1688—1691
CHAP. I - Relations of James II to the Court of Rome and to the disputes of the Continental Powers
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- BOOK XVI THE LATER YEARS OF CHARLES II, 1675—1685 WHIGS AND TORIES
- BOOK XVII REIGN OF JAMES II, FEBRUARY 1685 TO SEPTEMBER 1688
- BOOK XVIII THE FALL OF JAMES II IN ITS CONNEXION WITH THE EUROPEAN CONFLICTS WHICH MARKED THE CLOSE OF 1688
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP. I Relations of James II to the Court of Rome and to the disputes of the Continental Powers
- CHAP. II The Prince of Orange and the Protestant Episcopalian party in England
- CHAP. III Preparations and German alliances of the Prince of Orange
- CHAP. IV Irresolute behaviour of the English Government. Landing of the Prince
- CHAP. V Decision of the struggle in England. Flight of James II
- BOOK XIX COMPLETION OF THE REVOLUTION IN THE THREE KINGDOMS, 1688—1691
Summary
A document, of doubtful origin to be sure, lies before us, in which there breathes the liveliest feeling of the connexion existing between the religious and political questions which divided the states of the Continent, and those which divided English parties; it is a project which is said to have been laid before the English Privy Council as early as the summer of the year 1686, in order to persuade the King again to make war upon the Republic of the United Netherlands, and that a second time in alliance with France. The starting-point adopted in it is, that King James II would never be secure upon his throne unless he carried out, in spite of all resistance, what he had once undertaken in favour of the Catholic religion; but that no power offered him such an effective opposition in this work as the Republic of Holland, to which he had owed the invasion of Monmouth, which gave the rebels a refuge, and kept up disaffection in England. Now, as he was evidently by himself too weak to subdue at once his domestic enemies and the Republic, he was advised in plain terms to put himself in a position to do so by a close alliance with France. ‘For the King of France was his friend, and certainly ready and willing to aid him in this work; he had placed his whole power at James’ disposal from the beginning.
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- A History of EnglandPrincipally in the Seventeenth Century, pp. 371 - 384Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010