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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821959203321

Autore

Claydon Tony

Titolo

William III / / Tony Claydon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2014, c2002

ISBN

1-317-87682-2

1-138-14644-7

1-315-83842-7

1-317-87683-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Profiles In Power

Disciplina

941.068092

Soggetti

Great Britain Kings and rulers Biography

Great Britain History William and Mary, 1689-1702

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2002 by Pearson Education Limited.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Maps and table; Notes on style and abbreviations; Timeline: the main events of William's career; Introduction: William III in British and Irish History; PART ONE: WILLIAM'S LIFE; 1 An Orange: William's Career, 1650-88; The shape of William's Dutch career; The course of William's Dutch career; 2 A Stuart? William's British Career, 1688-1702; William and the invasion of England; William's career as king in Britain and Ireland; Conclusion; PART TWO: WILLIAM AND THE STUART REALMS; 3 William and the English Constitution

The problem: constitutional instability in England and WalesWilliam's constitutional advantages; William's solution: the revolutionary settlement; William's solution: the policies of the 1690s; 4 William and Political Party; The problem: the legacy of political division; William and the constitutional disputes between parties; William and the religious disputes between parties; William and party organisation; 5 William and the English State; The problem: the weakness of the English state in the seventeenth century; William and the Dutch state; William's solution: the Protestant state

William's solution: the parliamentary stateWilliam's state and Europe; 6 William and the 'Three Kingdoms': England, Scotland and Ireland; The



'British problem' in the seventeenth century; The initial British crisis: William, Scotland and Ireland, 1688-91; William's failure in British politics: Scots and Irish resentment; William's success in British politics: religious moderation and parliamentary government; Conclusion: William's Place in History; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

William III, William of Orange (1650-1702), is a key figure in English history. Grandson of Charles I and married to Mary, eldest daughter of James II, the pair became the object of protestant hopes after James lost the throne. Though William was personally unpopular - his continental ties the source of suspicion and resentment - Tony Claydon argues that William was key to solving the chronic instability of seventeenth-century Britain and Ireland.  It took someone with a European vision and foreign experience of handling a free political system, to end the stand-off between ruler and people th