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- Frontmatter
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- BOOK XX WILLIAM III AND PARLIAMENT DURING THE WAR WITH FRANCE, 169O–1697
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP. I Formation of the Grand Alliance. Beginning and character of the War
- CHAP. II William III in 1691. Reduction of Ireland
- CHAP. III Parliamentary Grants. Glencoe
- CHAP. IV The War in 1692, 1693. Battle of La Hogue
- CHAP. V Tories and Whigs in the Sessions of 1692 and 1693
- CHAP. VI National Debt, and Bank of England. Campaign of 1694
- CHAP. VII Parliamentary Proceedings in the Session of 1694, 1695. Death of Queen Mary
- CHAP. VIII Campaign of 1695. Parliament of 1695, 1696
- CHAP. IX French and Jacobite schemes of invasion: the Plot of 1696
- CHAP. X Association. The two Banks. Victory of the Whigs
- CHAP. XI The Peace of Ryswick
- BOOK XXI THE LATER YEARS OF WILLIAM III, 1697—1702
- BOOK XXII REVIEW OF ENGLISH HISTORY TO THE YEAR 1760
CHAP. IX - French and Jacobite schemes of invasion: the Plot of 1696
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 June 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- BOOK XX WILLIAM III AND PARLIAMENT DURING THE WAR WITH FRANCE, 169O–1697
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP. I Formation of the Grand Alliance. Beginning and character of the War
- CHAP. II William III in 1691. Reduction of Ireland
- CHAP. III Parliamentary Grants. Glencoe
- CHAP. IV The War in 1692, 1693. Battle of La Hogue
- CHAP. V Tories and Whigs in the Sessions of 1692 and 1693
- CHAP. VI National Debt, and Bank of England. Campaign of 1694
- CHAP. VII Parliamentary Proceedings in the Session of 1694, 1695. Death of Queen Mary
- CHAP. VIII Campaign of 1695. Parliament of 1695, 1696
- CHAP. IX French and Jacobite schemes of invasion: the Plot of 1696
- CHAP. X Association. The two Banks. Victory of the Whigs
- CHAP. XI The Peace of Ryswick
- BOOK XXI THE LATER YEARS OF WILLIAM III, 1697—1702
- BOOK XXII REVIEW OF ENGLISH HISTORY TO THE YEAR 1760
Summary
The formation of such a constitutional and Protestant power as this in Great Britain, and the fact that it not merely supported, but actually led the attempt to drive back and repress the dominant European power,–this it is that has given their special character to modern times.
At the very centre of the Catholic world, men oppressed by the ecclesiastical and temporal pretensions of Louis XIV welcomed at first with satisfaction the rise of William III. The Spanish-Imperial party in the Roman Curia only expressed its regret that the Pope did not enter into closer relations with him. People were amazed to see how he never abandoned his aim, but when driven back always pressed forward again, and so reached his goal: after the taking of Namur he was regarded as the great man of the century, before whom the glory of Louis XIV was destined to pale; a hero whose like could only be found in the records of antiquity. Yet at this very moment the fear of him had sprung up–a fear directly connected with the idea that Louis XIV would have to make up his mind to a peace, in which he must abandon the cause of James II. Innocent XII protested that he would never acknowledge such a peace, yet that he would scarcely be able to prevent it; that no Catholic power would listen to him, Pope though he was; that the Prince of Orange was the arbiter, lord, and master of Europe; that the Imperialists arid Spaniards were not merely his subjects, they were his slaves, and ever afraid of offending him.
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- A History of EnglandPrincipally in the Seventeenth Century, pp. 107 - 118Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010