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Eveline Cruickshanks is a British historian specializing in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century British political history. She has written extensively on Jacobitism and the Tory party, contributing to a deeper understanding of the political and ideological conflicts of the period.
Known for: The Glorious Revolution
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The Glorious Revolution
This historical study by Eveline Cruickshanks examines the events and political dynamics surrounding the Glorious Revolution of 1688–1689 in England. It explores the overthrow of King James II, the accession of William III and Mary II, and the broader implications for constitutional monarchy and parliamentary sovereignty in Britain.
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The Political Context of the Late Stuart Monarchy
To understand why the Revolution could occur at all, we must begin with the Restoration under Charles II. His return in 1660 had been celebrated as the end of civil war and republican uncertainty, yet the restoration settlement left unresolved the fundamental question of authority. Charles accepted ...
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Religious Divisions and the Catholic Question
Religion was the emotional nucleus of seventeenth-century English politics. To reduce the events of 1688 to constitutional mechanisms would be to miss the living energy that drove them. The fears of Catholicism were not merely theological; they were political and cultural, woven into the national id...
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Eveline Cruickshanks is a British historian specializing in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century British political history. She has written extensively on Jacobitism and the Tory party, contributing to a deeper understanding of the political and ideological conflicts of the period.
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