Author

Publication

1999 - Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, UK, England

Language

English

Word Count

82,750 words, Guess

Page Count

331 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads2662844
  • LibraryThing825961

Classifications

  • DDC942.06/8
  • LCCDA460 .R67 1999

Description

The 1690s is one of the most poorly understood decades in English history. This book presents a fresh interpretation of the period, reconstructing the reign of William III through the eyes and in the words of those who lived through it. Within the broad thematic structure, the author provides a narrative thread to guide readers new to the period. He employs a wide range of sources including popular ballads, correspondence, diaries, pamphlets, sermons, poems, memoirs, plays and parliamentary debates. Rose demonstrates that the 1690s, rather than marking the beginning of a placid 'long eighteenth century', was a decade deeply coloured by the experience and memory of the fractious seventeenth-century past. The author's approach not only gives a new flavour to the 1690s, it also reveals much about the impact of the Williamite revolution.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • A history of early modern England

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