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James II and the trial of the seven bishops / William Gibson.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gibson, William, 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church of England.
- Trials (Seditious libel).
- Bishops.
- History.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1660-1688.
- Great Britain.
- Politics and government.
- James II, King of England, 1633-1701.
- James.
- Church of England--Bishops--History--17th century.
- Trials (Seditious libel)--England.
- Great Britain--History--Revolution of 1688.
- Great Britain--History--James II, 1685-1688.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- x, 251 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
- Summary:
- James II's prosecution of seven bishops in the summer of 1688 has often been overlooked in the accounts of the Glorious Revolution. Yet it was on the night of the bishops' acquittal, amid widespread rejoicing, that the invitation was issued to William of Orange to come and save the nation. This book is the first modern examination of the events leading to the prosecution of the bishops, their trial and subsequent acquittal. Drawing on previously unused archival manuscripts, it shows the ways in which the bishops seized the propaganda initiative against the King and won popular support for the Church. In doing so, they created the circumstances by which the revolution of 1688 could be a bloodless one. The book also analyses the divisions between the bishops and the way in which events ran out of their control in the autumn of 1688.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Seven Bishops and the Glorious Revolution 1
- Echoes of the trial 1
- Macaulay's heroes and villains 3
- James and revisionism 6
- James's rehabilitation 10
- The new Whig Revolution 12
- Tory views atomised 14
- Continuity and change 16
- The seven bishops 17
- 1 The Bishops: Unlikely Revolutionaries 20
- Family and background 20
- Education and training 21
- Early preferment 24
- Consecrations 29
- Preoccupations 34
- Sceptical loyalism 44
- 2 The King's Policies 1685-7 47
- Early days and Monmouth's rebellion 47
- Compton and the Ecclesiastical Commission 53
- The attack on the universities 62
- The first declaration 64
- The attack on the landed alliance 68
- 3 The Confrontation 73
- The gathering storm 73
- The second declaration 78
- Canvassing opposition 83
- Petitioning the King 85
- The leak of the petition 90
- The propaganda war 92
- 4 The Tower 97
- Silent pulpits 97
- The legal case 98
- The empty country pulpits 100
- The second confrontation 105
- To the tower 109
- 5 The Trial 114
- The bishops arraigned 114
- The bishops released 117
- The 'bed-pan baby' 121
- The trial in the King's Bench 123
- The acquittal 132
- 6 The Reaction 139
- The stiffened resolve 139
- The pursuit of the clergy 144
- The wooing of dissent 150
- The Anglican revolution in the state 152
- Preparations for the invasion 159
- 7 The Revolution 162
- The invasion 162
- James at bay 167
- The Guildhall meeting 172
- The convention 175
- Sancroft's departure 180
- Schism and expulsions 183
- Conclusion 194.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-241) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230204003
- 0230204007
- OCLC:
- 244566798
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