Fear of Catholic tyranny. The Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689 replaced the reigning king, James II, with the joint monarchy of his protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange.

Fear of Catholic tyranny. The Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689 replaced the reigning king, James II, with the joint monarchy of his protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange.

Richard Brookhiser talked about the Glorious Revolution that took place in 1688 in England and the subsequent English Bill of Rights in 1689. The Glorious Revolution was the transfer of power from ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Richard Brookhiser talked about the Glorious Revolution that took place in 1688 in England and the subsequent English Bill of Rights in 1689. The ...

1688: The First Modern Revolution.By Steve Pincus. Yale University Press; 664 pages; $40 and £28. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk. THE long-held view of Britain's “Glorious Revolution ...

Even a Glorious Revolution Can Be Improvised. Share. Resize. Listen (2 min) Advertisement. ... A print from 1903 of ‘The Arrival of William of Orange in England, November 15-16, 1688. ...

The Glorious Revolution of 1688 is remembered for establishing the supremacy of Parliament over the Crown, setting Britain on the path towards constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy.

England’s Glorious Revolution of 1688 wasn’t so glorious. Editor’s Note: For the other side of NRO’s debate on the Glorious Revolution, click here. Top Stories.

In this paper, Mr North and Mr Weingast argued that the growth in power of the English Parliament arising from England’s “Glorious Revolution” of 1688-89 created, for the first time, that ...

The Glorious Revolution: 1688— Britain’s Fight for Liberty Edward Vallance, . . Pegasus, $27.95 (372pp) ISBN 978-1-933648-24-8 ...