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The English Revolution is a term that has been used to describe two separate events in English history.Prior to the 20th century, it was generally applied to the 1688 Glorious Revolution, when James II was deposed and a constitutional monarchy established under William III and Mary II.
The Glorious Revolution [a], also known as The Revolution of 1688, was the deposition of James II and VII in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange , a nephew of James who thereby had an interest to the throne irrespective of his marriage to Mary, his first cousin.
Marxist historiography used the term to cover the period of the English Civil Wars and Commonwealth period (1642–1660), while seeing the Glorious Revolution of 1688 as part of the same revolutionary movement. Whig history used the term exclusively for the Glorious Revolution and the consequent establishment of a constitutional monarchy.
Equestrian portrait of William III by Jan Wyck, commemorating the start of the Glorious Revolution in 1688. The Glorious Revolution ended the Restoration. The Glorious Revolution which overthrew King James II of England was propelled by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau (William of ...
The Circassians of the Abdzakh region started a great revolution in Circassian territory in 1770. Classes such as slaves, nobles and princes were completely abolished. The Abdzakh Revolution coincides with the French Revolution. While many French nobles took refuge in Russia, some of the Circassian nobles took the same path and took refuge in ...
The French noun revolucion traces back to the 13th century, and the English equivalent "revolution" to the late 14th century. The word was limited then to mean the revolving motion of celestial bodies. "Revolution" in the sense of abrupt change in a social order was first recorded in the mid-15th century.
The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to The Revolution in 1688 (1983 ed.). Liberty Fund. Richardson, R.C (1977). The Debate on the English Revolution. Methuen. Seaward, Paul, ed. (2009). Introduction to Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon: The History of the Rebellion; A New Selection. Oxford University Press. Tomalin, Claire ...
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