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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 sourc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge, Taylor and Francis,
2014.
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| Colección: | Profiles In Power.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (225 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781317876830 1317876830 1306870917 9781306870917 9781315838427 1315838427 9781317876816 1317876814 9781317876823 1317876822 9781138146440 1138146447 |