Three British Revolutions: 1641, 1688, 1776 (Princeton Legacy Library Book 698)

In this collection of essays, a group of distinguished American and British historians explores the relations between the American Revolution and its predecessors, the Puritan Revolution of 1641 and the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Originally published in 1980. The **Princeton Legacy Library** uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Contents Foreword Contributors Introduction Part I. The Theme Stated and Explored 1. The Results of the English Revolutions of the Seventeenth Century 2. A Bourgeois Revolution? 3. Crisis and Regrouping in the Political Elites: England from the 1630s to the 1660s Part II. Aspects of the Revolutions 4. Three British Revolutions and the Personality of Kingship 5. Tradition and Innovation and the Great Rebellion 6. The Bill of Rights: Epitome of the Revolution of 1688-89 7. Two American Revolutions, 1689 and 1776 Part III. The Theme Revisited 8. 1776: The Revolution Against Parliament 9. Parliament, Empire, and Parliamentary Law, 1776 10. English Radicalism in the Age of George III 11. The Great Inversion, or Court Versus Country: A Comparison of the Revolution Settlements in England (1688-1721) and America (1776-1816) Index In this collection of essays, a group of distinguished American and British historians explores the relations between the American Revolution and its predecessors, the Puritan Revolution of 1641 and the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Originally published in 1980. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905