The Glorious Reformation
Title | The Glorious Reformation PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Simon Schmucker |
Publisher | CreateSpace |
Pages | 102 |
Release | 2015-01-21 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781507667071 |
A concise and stunning review of the Protestant Reformation by S.S. Schmucker D.D. Delivered first orally at Gettysburg Theological Seminary in 1837. In just a few words, Lutheran Theologian and Seminary Founder S.S. Schmucker summarizes over 1000 years of history. Fully footnoted for factual accuracy. CAUTION ADVISED: medieval times were brutal, and the ugly facts of history are not suitable for all readers.
A Great and Glorious Reformation
Title | A Great and Glorious Reformation PDF eBook |
Author | Greg Taylor |
Publisher | Wakefield Press |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781862546752 |
South Australia has a long tradition of law reform. In it's early days the colony was responsible for a number of legal innovations that have spread across Australia and in some cases the world. One particular change was the recogition of Aboriginal customary law at the urging of a grand jury.
England's Glorious Revolution 1688-1689
Title | England's Glorious Revolution 1688-1689 PDF eBook |
Author | Steven C. A. Pincus |
Publisher | Macmillan Higher Education |
Pages | 281 |
Release | 2018-10-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1319242065 |
Englands Glorious Revolution is a fresh and engaging examination of the Revolution of 1688–1689, when the English people rose up and deposed King James II, placing William III and Mary II on the throne. Steven Pincuss introduction explains the context of the revolution, why these events were so stunning to contemporaries, and how the profound changes in political, economic, and foreign policies that ensued make it the first modern revolution. This volume offers 40 documents from a wide array of sources and perspectives including memoirs, letters, diary entries, political tracts, pamphlets, and newspaper accounts, many of which are not widely available. Document headnotes, questions for consideration, a chronology, a selected bibliography, and an index provide further pedagogical support.
Making Toleration
Title | Making Toleration PDF eBook |
Author | Scott Sowerby |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 415 |
Release | 2013-03-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0674075919 |
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.
The Glorious Revolution in America
Title | The Glorious Revolution in America PDF eBook |
Author | Michael G. Hall |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 235 |
Release | 2012-12-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0807838667 |
England's Glorious Revolution of 1688 created a major crisis among the British colonies in America. Following news of the English Revolution, a series of rebellions and insurrections erupted in colonial America from Massachusetts to Carolina. Although the upheavals of 1689 were sparked by local grievances, there were also general causes for the repudiation of Stuart authority. Originally published in 1964. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Civil War
Title | Civil War PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Ackroyd |
Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
Pages | 529 |
Release | 2014-09-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 144727170X |
Step into the tumultuous age of Stuart England with Peter Ackroyd's enlightening Civil War. Beginning with James I, the first Scottish king of England, it tracks an era of massive upheaval, ending with the dramatic flight of his grandson, James II, into exile. Civil War transports you to the heart of the 17th-century Britain, where you meet figures like James I with his shrewd perspectives on diverse matters, and Charles I, whose inept rule ignited the flames of the English Civil War. Ackroyd offers a brilliant – warts and all – portrayal of Charles's nemesis Oliver Cromwell, Parliament's great military leader and England's only dictator, who began his career as a political liberator but ended it as much of a despot as the king he executed. Beyond this political turmoil, Ackroyd also explores the rich cultural and literary contributions of the Jacobean era. This was a world where Shakespeare's masterpieces were penned, John Donne weaved his poetry and Thomas Hobbes crafted his philosophical marvel, Leviathan. Most importantly, get a glimpse of the extraordinary lives of common English men and women, their existence seeped in constant disruption and uncertainty. Civil War is a stirring account of a pivotal epoch, making it a must-read for history enthusiasts.
The Glorious Revolution and the Continuity of Law
Title | The Glorious Revolution and the Continuity of Law PDF eBook |
Author | Richard S. Kay |
Publisher | CUA Press |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2014-11-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0813226872 |
The Glorious Revolution and the Continuity of Law explores the relationship between law and revolution. Revolt - armed or not - is often viewed as the overthrow of legitimate rulers. Historical experience, however, shows that revolutions are frequently accompanied by the invocation rather than the repudiation of law. No example is clearer than that of the Glorious Revolution of 1688-89. At that time the unpopular but lawful Catholic king, James II, lost his throne and was replaced by his Protestant son-in-law and daughter, William of Orange and Mary, with James's attempt to recapture the throne thwarted at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland. The revolutionaries had to negotiate two contradictory but intensely held convictions. The first was that the essential role of law in defining and regulating the activity of the state must be maintained. The second was that constitutional arrangements to limit the unilateral authority of the monarch and preserve an indispensable role for the houses of parliament in public decision-making had to be established. In the circumstances of 1688-89, the revolutionaries could not be faithful to the second without betraying the first. Their attempts to reconcile these conflicting objectives involved the frequent employment of legal rhetoric to justify their actions. In so doing, they necessarily used the word "law" in different ways. It could denote the specific rules of positive law; it could simply express devotion to the large political and social values that underlay the legal system; or it could do something in between. In 1688-89 it meant all those things to different participants at different times. This study adds a new dimension to the literature of the Glorious Revolution by describing, analyzing and elaborating this central paradox: the revolutionaries tried to break the rules of the constitution and, at the same time, be true to them.