A01=A.M. Claydon
Author_A.M. Claydon
British Isles governance
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charles
Charles's Illegitimate Son
Charles’s Illegitimate Son
comparative monarchy studies
conspiracy
constitutional history
Dublin Parliament
emergence of participatory government
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estates
Estates General
Europe's Ruling Elites
Europe’s Ruling Elites
Exclusion Crisis
general
Infant Prince
Joint Monarchy
Monarchical Republicanism
Orange Family
parliament
Partition Treaty
political instability
popish
Popish Conspiracy
Protestant succession
realms
Rival Conspiracy Theories
Rye House Plot
seventeenth-century monarchy
Son's Prospects
Son’s Prospects
stuart
Stuart Crown
Stuart Interests
Stuart Predecessors
Stuart Realms
Stuart Throne
Triennial Bill
united
United Provinces
westminster
Westminster Parliament
William III
William's Career
William’s Career
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781138146440
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 11 May 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
