Historians writing in the nineteenth century about the Revolution of 1688-1689 presented it as an event of central importance in the history not only of Britain but of the whole world. Such an interpretation now seems outdated, and a great deal of attention has been switched to the English revolution of the 1640's and 1650's on the grounds that developments in the earlier period possess much wider and more fundamental significance. The authors of the nine essays in this volume, the second in the series The Making of Modern Freedom, do not claim that the Revolution of 1688-89 in itself...
Historians writing in the nineteenth century about the Revolution of 1688-1689 presented it as an event of central importance in the history not only ...
