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1688 : the first modern revolution /

Historians have viewed England's Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689 as an un-revolutionary revolution--bloodless, consensual, aristocratic, and above all, sensible. Steve Pincus refutes this traditional view. He demonstrates that England's revolution was a European event, that it took place...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pincus, Steven C. A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009.
Colección:Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The unmaking of a modern revolution
  • Rethinking revolutions
  • Going Dutch: the transformation of English society
  • English politics at the accession of James II
  • The ideology of Catholic modernity
  • The practice of Catholic modernity
  • Resistance to Catholic modernity
  • Popular revolution
  • Violent revolution
  • Divisive revolution
  • Revolution in foreign policy
  • Revolution in political economy
  • Revolution in the church
  • Conclusion
  • Assassination, association, and the consolidation of revolution
  • Conclusion: the first modern revolution.