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Article: The Glorious Revolution 1688: Britain's Fight for Liberty.(Brief article)(Book review)
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- December 22, 2006
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The Glorious Revolution 1688: Britain's Fight for Liberty. Edward Vallance. Little, Brown. [pounds sterling]20.00. vii + 372 pages. ISBN 0-316-72681-8. This book is an exercise in historical reinterpretation. It challenges the accepted Whig view of 1688 as a 'glorious' and peaceful revolution that set the mould for a balanced, constitutional and parliamentary monarchy. It also attacks the 'revisionist' view, viz. the 'revolution' really accomplished very little and was no more important than the replacement of one aged Communist leader with another in the dying days of the USSR. It argues four main points. The revolution was not bloodless if we take Scotland and Ireland ...