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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- BOOK XVI THE LATER YEARS OF CHARLES II, 1675—1685 WHIGS AND TORIES
- BOOK XVII REIGN OF JAMES II, FEBRUARY 1685 TO SEPTEMBER 1688
- BOOK XVIII THE FALL OF JAMES II IN ITS CONNEXION WITH THE EUROPEAN CONFLICTS WHICH MARKED THE CLOSE OF 1688
- BOOK XIX COMPLETION OF THE REVOLUTION IN THE THREE KINGDOMS, 1688—1691
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP. I William of Orange in London. Summoning of a Convention
- CHAP. II First sittings of the Convention. Debates on the vacancy of the Throne
- CHAP. III Elevation of the Prince of Orange to the English Throne. Constitutional limitations of the power of the Crown
- CHAP. IV James II in Ireland supported by help from France
- CHAP. V Dundee in the Scottish Highlands
- CHAP. VI Military events in Ireland in the year 1689
- CHAP. VII Dissensions in the Convention Parliament
- CHAP. VIII Dissolution of the Convention Parliament. First sittings of the Parliament of 1690
- CHAP. IX The Court at Dublin. Rivalry of the French and English Navies
CHAP. V - Dundee in the Scottish Highlands
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- BOOK XVI THE LATER YEARS OF CHARLES II, 1675—1685 WHIGS AND TORIES
- BOOK XVII REIGN OF JAMES II, FEBRUARY 1685 TO SEPTEMBER 1688
- BOOK XVIII THE FALL OF JAMES II IN ITS CONNEXION WITH THE EUROPEAN CONFLICTS WHICH MARKED THE CLOSE OF 1688
- BOOK XIX COMPLETION OF THE REVOLUTION IN THE THREE KINGDOMS, 1688—1691
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP. I William of Orange in London. Summoning of a Convention
- CHAP. II First sittings of the Convention. Debates on the vacancy of the Throne
- CHAP. III Elevation of the Prince of Orange to the English Throne. Constitutional limitations of the power of the Crown
- CHAP. IV James II in Ireland supported by help from France
- CHAP. V Dundee in the Scottish Highlands
- CHAP. VI Military events in Ireland in the year 1689
- CHAP. VII Dissensions in the Convention Parliament
- CHAP. VIII Dissolution of the Convention Parliament. First sittings of the Parliament of 1690
- CHAP. IX The Court at Dublin. Rivalry of the French and English Navies
Summary
It ought not by any means to be denied that a real feeling of loyalty to James II was at work. His hereditary right had certainly found powerful advocates even in the English Convention, which had owed its existence to the revolt against him. And many did not believe in the existence of the great danger to religion and to the laws which had been the ground of the revolt. They maintained that the nation had allowed itself to be persuaded of the reality of that danger by Pharisaical teachers, and disowned the Parliament's claim to dispose of the throne. In spite of the resolutions of that assembly they held James II to be the true king, and the Prince of Wales to be the rightful heir. In remains which have come down to us from these circles William III is described as the unnatural son-in-law, the nephew, and at the same time the enemy of the legitimate king; the Jacobites spoke of him with abhorrence, and counted it an honour to themselves not to bow the knee to Baal like others.
In Scotland legitimist feelings were aided by a peculiar religious and political motive. Episcopalianism had, as we know, been planted, and its interests advanced, by the crown: it had not been able to gain over the nation to itself, but, in spite of the efforts of the extreme Presbyterians, which always retained something of violence, it had nevertheless taken root in the country, and counted many even enthusiastic adherents.
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- A History of EnglandPrincipally in the Seventeenth Century, pp. 543 - 554Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1875