If there has been a single transformative event in English political history since the Norman Conquest, it is the Revolution of 1688. Yet who now knows or cares about it? For some time it has barely ...

In 1688 the country was invaded by a foreign army and its King fled, as the Crown was offered by Parliament to his own nephew and son-in-law. Yet these events are usually called the Glorious ...

Here are ten of the most significant revolutions that have left an unforgettable mark on the world: The Glorious Revolution (1688 ... a colonial revolt against British rule, leading to the ...

Each year, a variety of modern revolutions will be considered, which may include examples as diverse as: the British Revolution of 1688 (‘the first modern Revolution’), the American Revolution of 1776 ...

The removal of James II by the protestant William of Orange in 1688 – the Glorious Revolution – changed matters. The resumption of war with Catholic France in the 1690s meant that British Catholics ...