Steve Pincus - 1688: The First Modern Revolution

The Lewis Walpole Series, published by Yale University Press with the aid of the Annie Burr Lewis Fund, is dedicated to the culture and history of the long eighteenth century (from the Glorious Revolution to the accession of Queen Victoria). It welcomes work in a variety of fields, including literature and history, the visual arts, political philosophy, music, legal history, and the history of science. In addition to original scholarly work, the series publishes new editions and translations of writing from the period, as well as reprints of major books that are currently unavailable. Though the majority of books in the series will probably concentrate on Great Britain and the Continent, the range of our geographical interests is as wide as Horace Walpole's.

STEVE PINCUS

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PART 1. INTRODUCTORY

PART II. PREREVOLUTIONARY ENGLAND

PART III. REVOLUTION

PART Iv. REVOLUTIONARY TRANSFORMATION

PART V. CONCLUSION

2 County Map of England. Drawn by Stacey Maples, Yale University Library.

it Centenary of the Revolution, 1788. The Trustees of the British Museum.

22 Banner Used at the Centenary Celebrations of the Revolution at Chesterfield in Derbyshire, 1788. Chesterfield Borough Council.

30 Centenary of the Revolution, 1788. The Trustees of the British Museum.

49 British Colonization, by John Roettier, 1670. The Trustees of the British Museum.

53 Playing cards from All the Bubbles, c. 1720. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

61 The Thames by Westminster Stairs, by Claude de Jongh, 1631 or 1637. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection. The Thames from the Terrace of Somerset House, Looking toward St. Paul's, by Canaletto, c. 1750. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.

67 Playing cards from All the Bubbles, c. 172o. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

73 Amicable Society Instituted, 1696. The Trustees of the British Museum.

76 Figures in a Tavern or Coffeehouse, attributed to Joseph Highmore, 1720s. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.

8o The Coffeehouse Mob, from Edward Ward, Vulgus Britannicus; or, The British Hubridas, 171o. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

83 Panoramic View of the City of London and Stepney, by William Morgan, 1682. Guildhall Library, City of London.

85 The Island of Barbados, by Isaac Sailmaker, c. 1694. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.

91 James, Duke ofMonmouth, andArchibald, Earl ofArgyle; Beheaded, by R. Arondeaux, 1685. The Trustees of the British Museum.

105 James, Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch, by William Baillie, c. 1774. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.

rob Playing card: "The Late D. of M. Entring Lime with 1500 Men." Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

log Playing card: "The Godly Maids of Taunton Presenting Their Colours upon Their Knees to the D. of M." Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

115 Playing cards: "Bonfires Made the 26 of July art Night Being the Thanksgiving for the Victory 1685" and "Severall of the Rebells Hang'd upon a Tree." Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

118 James II and Queen Mary; Accession and Coronation, by George Bower, 1685. The Trustees of the British Museum.

127 The Scientifik Three Horned Doctor, Father Peters, a Great Labourer, in Works of Darkness / Het Stookhuys van Pater Peters, en der jesuiten in Engeland, 1689. The Trustees of the British Museum.

130 Playing card: "The Earle of Castlemain Sent Embassador to the Pope." By kind permission of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards.

143 The Religious State ofEngland, attributed to Jan Smeltzing, 1688. The Trustees of the British Museum.

147 Requisition of Guestbeds for the British Army in i686. Drawn by Stacey Maples, Yale University Library.

148 The Camp on Hounslow-Heath, 1686. The Trustees of the British Museum.

158 Playing card: "Comishoners Sent into the Cuntry to Perswade the People to Choose Such Men as Shall Take of the Penl. Laws." By kind permission of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards.

161 Corporations Remodeled between 1685 and i688. Drawn by Stacey Maples, Yale University Library.

165 Playing cards: "A Jesuit Preaching against Our Bible" and "A Preist Selling of Relicks by Auction." By kind permission of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards.

169 Playing card: "A New Comishond Cort for to Inquier into the Ecclesiasticall Afairs." By kind permission of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards.

177 Qualis Vir Talis Oratio, by Romeyn de Hooghe, 1688. Courtesy of the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

179 Invitation to William and Mary of Orange, 1688. The Trustees of the British Museum.

187 The Election in the Guildhall, by Egbert Van Heemskerk, c. 1687 Copyright Museum of Oxford.

190 Playing card: "Magdalens Coledg Seized and the Felows of the Coledg Routed for Keeping to the Laws of the Coledg." By kind permission of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards.

192 The Seven Bishops with Portrait Medallions, by Simon Gribelin, 1688. The Trustees of the British Museum.

194 Playing card: "About Zoo Ministers Suspended in the Countey of Duram for not Reading the Kings Declaration." By kind permission of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards.

214 From Engelants Schouwtoneel, by Romeyn de Hooghe, 1692. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

221 Landing of William of Orange at Torbay, by Jan Luder, 1688. The Trustees of the British Museum

229 Playing card: "Sum of the Nobillety of England Are Sending Their Memorialls of Their Distreses to the Prince of Oring." By kind permission of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards.

236 Playing card: "The Ould Oxford Regiment of Horse with 2 More First Left the King and Went to the Prince." By kind permission of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards.

242 Het lande van Syn Hoogh in Engelant, by Bastiaen Stoopendaal, 1689. The Trustees of the British Museum.

245 Williams Progress to London, c. 1689. The Trustees of the British Museum.

249 Playing cards: "Libells Thrown about the Citty Concerning a Massacre That Was to Be Made by the Papists." Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. "Cry the Prince of Orange's Third Declaration." By kind permission of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards.

250 Receptie van S.KH den H. Prince van Orange ap zyn intrede tot London, by Romeyn de Hooghe, 1689. The Trustees of the British Museum.

251 Playing cards: "Singing of Lilly Bul-lero" and "The Prince of Orange Coming to St. Jameses Is Received with Great Joy." By kind permission of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards.