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A reassessment of the impact of the Hanoverian succession. Was the
accession of the Hanoverian dynasty of Brunswick to the throne of
Britain and its empire in 1714 merely the final act in the
'Glorious Revolution' of 1688-89? Many contemporaries and later
historians thought so, explainingthe succession in the same terms
as the earlier revolution - deliverance from the national perils of
'popery and arbitrary government'. By contrast, this book argues
that the picture is much more complicated than
straightforwardcontinuity between 1688-89 and 1714. Emphasizing the
plurality of post-Revolutionary developments, it explores early
eighteenth-century Britain in light of the social, political,
economic, religious and cultural transformations inaugurated by the
'Glorious Revolution' of 1688-1689 and its ensuing settlements in
church, state and empire. The revolution of 1688-89 was much more
transformative and convulsive than is often assumed; and the book
shows that, although the Hanoverian Succession did embody a
clear-cut reaffirmation of the core elements of the Revolution
settlement - anti-Jacobitism and anti-popery - its impact on
various post-Revolutionary developments in Church, state, Union,
intellectual culture, international relations, political economy
and empire is decidedly less clear. BRENT S. SIROTA is Associate
Professor in the Department of History at North Carolina State
University. ALLAN I. MACINNES is Emeritus Professor of History at
the University of Strathclyde. CONTRIBUTORS: James Caudle, Megan
Lindsay Cherry, Christopher Dudley, Robert I. Frost, Allan I.
Macinnes, Esther Mijers, Steve Pincus, Brent S. Sirota, Abigail L.
Swingen, Daniel Szechi, Amy Watson
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