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Author_William Gibson
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James
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- ISBN 9781837723164
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jan 2026
- Publisher: University of Wales Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The reign of James II was a dramatic failure in Wales. He became King when Welsh loyalty to the crown and church was strong. But his attacks on the church and his own adherents in Wales meant that loyalty to him quickly drained away. James’s treatment of the Welsh gentry, lawyers and politicians stimulated a spirit of opposition that strengthened as his Catholicising policies became more strident. Clergy members were at the forefront of resistance to the King; Bishop William Lloyd of St Asaph became one of the conspirators who sought to overthrow James and replace him with William of Orange; and, when it came, the Revolution of 1688 was much more turbulent in Wales than in England. This comprehensive study of a ruined reign shows the ways in which opinion turned against James in Wales, providing an account of a neglected period in Welsh history.
William Gibson is Emeritus Professor at Oxford Brookes University, and member of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford. He has written widely on religion in the seventeenth and eighteenth century, and is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.
