As we inch toward the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, let me share a couple of reflections on the background of how this extraordinary, unprecedented and daring ...
On December 23, 1688 Mary II and William III, both protestants, took over the English crown. There was very little bloodshed so the shift in power is remembered as “The Glorious Revolution.” Historian ...
After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order ...
A curious plaque marks an unoccupied grave at the Henry VII Chapel of Westminster Abbey, where Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots, are interred. It indicates the former location of the remains of ...
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. Pp. xiii, 647. Illus, maps, notes, biblio., index. $40.00. ISBN: 0300115474 In 1688: The First Modern Revolution, Prof. Pincus ...