| Автор | Claydon, Tony |
| Дата выпуска | 1996 |
| dc.description | ABSTRACTThe paper considers reactions to William III's Declaration of reasons, the manifesto issued by the prince of Orange on the eve of his invasion of England in 1688. It questions recent historiography, which has argued for the importance of this document in William's success by claiming that it achieved a virtual hegemony of English political discourse in the period of the Glorious Revolution. The paper first shows that James II's supporters mounted an effective challenge to the Orange Declaration by reversing its claim that liberties were in danger under the existing regime. It then suggests that William lost control of his manifesto over the winter of 1688–9 by making moves to secure power and authority which were unadvertised in the document. Once this had happened, various groups opposed to Orange ambition were able to adopt the rhetoric of the Declaration and quote it back at the prince in attempts to block his advance. The paper concludes with the irony that the ubiquity of the Declaration in 1688 may have been a result of its failure as publicity for the Orange cause; and by suggesting that scholars should look in places other than the manifesto for an effective Williamite propaganda. |
| Формат | application.pdf |
| Издатель | Cambridge University Press |
| Копирайт | Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996 |
| Название | William III's Declaration of Reasons and the Glorious Revolution* |
| Тип | research-article |
| DOI | 10.1017/S0018246X00020689 |
| Electronic ISSN | 1469-5103 |
| Print ISSN | 0018-246X |
| Журнал | The Historical Journal |
| Том | 39 |
| Первая страница | 87 |
| Последняя страница | 108 |
| Аффилиация | Claydon Tony; University of Wales |
| Выпуск | 1 |
