LEADER 04000oam 2200625I 450 001 9910786679003321 005 20230803203012.0 010 $a1-317-87682-2 010 $a1-138-14644-7 010 $a1-315-83842-7 010 $a1-317-87683-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315838427 035 $a(CKB)3710000000126748 035 $a(EBL)1710609 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001294391 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11829046 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001294391 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11317119 035 $a(PQKB)10460902 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1710609 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1710609 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10884230 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL618342 035 $a(OCoLC)881417436 035 $a(OCoLC)897462967 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000126748 100 $a20180706h20142002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWilliam III /$fTony Claydon 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2014, c2002. 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 225 1 $aProfiles In Power 300 $aFirst published 2002 by Pearson Education Limited. 311 $a1-306-87091-7 311 $a0-582-40523-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aThe 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 327 $aWilliam'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 330 $aWilliam III, William of Orange (1650-1702), is a key figure in English history. Grandson of Charles I and married to Mary, eldest daughter of James II, the pair became the object of protestant hopes after James lost the throne. Though William was personally unpopular - his continental ties the source of suspicion and resentment - Tony Claydon argues that William was key to solving the chronic instability of seventeenth-century Britain and Ireland. It took someone with a European vision and foreign experience of handling a free political system, to end the stand-off between ruler and people th 410 0$aProfiles in power (London, England) 607 $aGreat Britain$xKings and rulers$vBiography 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yWilliam and Mary, 1689-1702 676 $a941.068092 700 $aClaydon$b Tony.$0504873 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786679003321 996 $aWilliam III$93764669 997 $aUNINA