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Making Toleration
The Repealers and the Glorious Revolution
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Scott Sowerby
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English
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2013
About this book
Though James II is often depicted as a Catholic despot who imposed his faith, Scott Sowerby reveals a king ahead of his time who pressed for religious toleration at the expense of his throne. The Glorious Revolution was in fact a conservative counter-revolution against the movement for enlightened reform that James himself encouraged and sustained.
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Sowerby Scott :
Scott Sowerby is Assistant Professor of History at Northwestern University.
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John Miller, Queen Mary, University of London:
One of the lasting consequences of the Glorious Revolution in England was the Toleration Act of 1689, which granted freedom of worship, but not full political rights, to almost all Protestant Dissenters, but not Roman Catholics. It is generally recognized that this Act was Parliament's response to James II's campaign to secure toleration and political rights for both Dissenters and Catholics by repealing the penal laws and Test Acts. This important new book, by a talented young historian, systematically examines the supporters of repeal and argues that their importance, and their significance in the Revolution, has been underestimated.
One of the lasting consequences of the Glorious Revolution in England was the Toleration Act of 1689, which granted freedom of worship, but not full political rights, to almost all Protestant Dissenters, but not Roman Catholics. It is generally recognized that this Act was Parliament's response to James II's campaign to secure toleration and political rights for both Dissenters and Catholics by repealing the penal laws and Test Acts. This important new book, by a talented young historian, systematically examines the supporters of repeal and argues that their importance, and their significance in the Revolution, has been underestimated.
Brian Cowan, McGill University:
A sophisticated account of a much-neglected chapter in England's history. Sowerby reshapes our perceptions of both the Glorious Revolution and religious toleration in early modern Europe. Moreover, this book will greatly expand our understanding of the intellectual range and political impact of the early Enlightenment.
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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
March 1, 2013
eBook ISBN:
9780674075917
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
414
Other:
3 maps, 1 table
eBook ISBN:
9780674075917
Keywords for this book
HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century; RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General
Audience(s) for this book
Professional and scholarly;
