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1 6 8 8 - 1 6 8 9 © Changing perspectives . Edited by alee LOIS GN . SCHWOERa E a ee iF “Changing perspectives” in current scholarship on the Revolution of 1688 are beginning to revise the so-called ‘Whig view” which has been accepted for almost three hundred years. In an effort to advance this process of revision, this volume of novel and interdisciplinary essays offers new interpretations of the Revolution of 1688—89 and of the late Stuart and early Hanoverian world from an international and an English domestic perspective. By employing some newly recovered or hitherto neglected material, and by dealing with little-explored issues from the perspectives of British, Dutch, and colonial American history, and of British political and religious history and theory, literature, law and women’s history, the contributors broaden the context in which the Revolution is usually placed and in doing so unite multiple disciplines. Several overriding conclusions emerge. The Revolution was more complex and subtle in process, ideology, settlement and result than has been acknowledged previously. A lively print culture assured the circulation and importance of political and religious ideas. Radical as well as conservative ideas survived. The unfolding of the Revolution contained many contingent variables; there was nothing predictable or preordained about it. The events of 1688—89 comprised many revolutions that were played out differently and perceived differently from the vantage points of high or popular culture or in the contexts of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, and the American colonies. LOIS G. SCHWOERER is Professor of History, The George Washington University. For a list of contents and contributors, see back flap aS hn P Digitized by the Internet ArchivAeP in 2022 with funding from: Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/revolutionof16880000unse_g/b8 “Changing perspectives” in current scholarship on the Revolution of 1688 are beginning to revise the so-called ‘““Whig view” which has been accepted for almost three hundred years. In an effort to advance this process of revision, this volume of novel and interdisciplinary essays offers new interpretations of the Revolution of 1688-89 and of the late Stuart and early Hanoverian world from an international and an English domestic perspective. By employing some newly recovered or hitherto neglected material, and by dealing with little-explored issues from the perspectives of British, Dutch, and colonial American history, and of British political and religious history and theory, literature, law, and women’s history, the contributors broaden the context in which the Revolution is usually placed and in doing so unite multiple disciplines. Several overriding conclusions emerge. The Revolution was more complex and subtle in process, ideology, settlement, and result than has been acknowledged previously. A lively print culture assured the circulation and importance of political and religious ideas. Radical as well as conservative ideas survived. The unfolding of the Revolution contained many contingent variables; there was nothing predictable or preordained about it. The events of 1688-89 comprised many revolutions that played out differently and were perceived differently from the vantage point of high or popular culture or in the contexts of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, and the American colonies. The Revolution of 1686-1689 Allegory of the accession of William and Mary. Etching by Romeyn de Hooghe published by Carel Allard, 1689. The Banqueting House is depicted on the left; in the lower right Mary’s ermine stole partially covers the portrait of one of her ancestors, William the Conqueror. The British Museum. The Revolution of 1688-1689 Changing perspectives Edited by Lois G. Schwoerer Professor of History, The George Washington University The right of the University of Cambridge to print and sell all manner of books was granted by Henry VIII in 1534 The University has printed and published continuously since 1584 GB | CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge New York Port Chester Melbourne Sydney Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge cB2 1RP 40 West 2oth Street, New York, Ny 10011-4211, USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Victoria 3166, Australia © Cambridge University Press 1992 First published 1992 Printed in Great Britain at the University Press, Cambridge A catalogue record for their book is available from the British Library Library of Congress cataloguing in publication data The Revolution of 1688-1689: changing perspectives/edited by Lois G. Schwoerer. p- cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. _) and index. ISBN 0—521—39321-3 (hardback) 1. Great Britain — History — Revolution of 1688. I. Schwoerer, Lois G. DA452.R.49 1992 941.06'7 — dc2z0 go-26170 cIP ISBN 0 521 393213 hardback
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