Project Gutenberg 2008-06-26 Public domain in the USA. 394 Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron 1800 1859 Macaulay, Lord (Thomas Babington Macaulay) Macaulay, T. Babington (Thomas Babington) Macaulay, Thomas Babington The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Produced by Ken West and David Widger "The History of England from the Accession of James II, Volume 1" by Thomas Babington Macaulay is a historical account written during the early 19th century. The book aims to explore England's political evolution, focusing on the changes that occurred following the accession of King James II and the resulting impact on the monarchy, parliament, and the rights of the people. The opening of the work outlines Macaulay's purpose and the scope of his narrative, detailing the intricate relationship between the monarchy and parliament leading up to significant events such as the English Civil War and the Restoration. Macaulay presents an overview of Britain's tumultuous past, emphasizing key themes such as the struggle for political power, the emergence of parties like the Whigs and Tories, and the socio-political climate that shaped the nation. He hints at the dual narratives of disaster and triumph while promising to present a comprehensive account of the people’s history alongside governmental affairs, underscoring the complexities of English identity and governance that will be further explored in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Great Britain -- History -- James II, 1685-1688 Great Britain -- History -- William and Mary, 1689-1702 DA Text United Kingdom Browsing: History - British Browsing: History - General 1620291 1620300 2024-09-01T09:50:28.975150 2023-10-01T08:59:42.867402 text/html text/html 1614858 2019-05-10T11:19:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 545561 2019-05-10T11:19:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 628355 2024-09-01T09:50:44.688089 application/epub+zip 654285 2024-09-01T09:50:32.343184 application/epub+zip 650589 2024-09-01T09:50:30.999124 application/epub+zip 1184547 2024-09-01T09:50:54.646027 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1142833 2024-09-01T09:50:43.658091 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 963334 2022-09-01T11:06:20.631690 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1382252 1382232 2024-09-01T09:50:27.114146 2023-10-01T08:59:41.121397 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1382068 2019-05-10T11:19:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 515388 2019-05-10T11:19:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1382066 2019-05-10T11:19:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 515357 2019-05-10T11:19:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20631 2024-09-01T09:50:54.795993 application/rdf+xml 25193 2024-09-01T09:50:31.418120 image/jpeg 4665 2024-09-01T09:50:31.208136 image/jpeg 616390 2024-09-01T09:50:29.098144 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia