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Making Toleration: The Repealers and the Glorious Revolution
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Description for Making Toleration: The Repealers and the Glorious Revolution
hardcover. Though James II is often depicted as a Catholic despot who imposed his faith, Scott Sowerby reveals a king ahead of his time who pressed for religious toleration at the expense of his throne. The Glorious Revolution was in fact a conservative counter-revolution against the movement for enlightened reform that James himself encouraged and sustained. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLL; HRAM2; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 33. Weight in Grams: 760.
In the reign of James II, minority groups from across the religious spectrum, led by the Quaker William Penn, rallied together under the Catholic King James in an effort to bring religious toleration to England. Known as repealers, these reformers aimed to convince Parliament to repeal laws that penalized worshippers who failed to conform to the doctrines of the Church of England. Although the movement was destroyed by the Glorious Revolution, it profoundly influenced the post-revolutionary settlement, helping to develop the ideals of tolerance that would define the European Enlightenment.
Based on a rich array of newly discovered archival ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Series
Harvard Historical Studies
Condition
New
Weight
760g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674073098
SKU
V9780674073098
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About Sowerby
Scott Sowerby is Assistant Professor of History at Northwestern University.
Reviews for Making Toleration: The Repealers and the Glorious Revolution
Scott Sowerby's able and important work, drawn from an impressive array of primary sources, tells a story quite different from the conventional, but still repeated, version of [James II's] short reign. Sowerby's is a James who tried to build consensus and was met by disaffected individuals who manufactured a sense of grievance; a James who was not vindictive, and, seeking ... Read more