William III
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William III
（Profiles in power）
Routledge, 2016, c2002
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"First published 2002 by Pearson Education"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-196) and index
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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 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 that had marred Stuart history. Claydon takes a thematic approach to investigate all these aspects in their wider context, and presents William as the crucial factor in Britain's emergence as a world power, and as a model of open and participatory government.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: William III in British and Irish History
- Part 1 William's Life
- Chapter 1 An Orange: William's career, 1650-88
- Chapter 2 A Stuart? William's British Career, 1688-1702
- Part 2 William and the Stuart Realms
- Chapter 3 William and the English Constitution
- Chapter 4 William and Political Party
- Chapter 5 William and the English State
- Chapter 6 William and the 'Three Kingdoms': England, Scotland and Ireland Conclusion: William's Place in History
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