BBC History - The Life & Times Of The Stuarts 2016_
William of Orange lands in Brixham in 1688 with an estimated army of 21,000 Dutch troops INGLORIOUS AND BLOODY Revolutionary vio ...
Restoration and revolution / Revolution battle. A further 50 or so rebels were executed without trial in its immediate aftermath ...
The Declaration of Rights, tendered to William and Mary on their coronation (and which would have an important influence on the ...
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DAUGHTER AND HEIR Although hers would be the final reign of the Stuart dynasty, Queen Anne was, as Tracy Borman argues, a much m ...
BRIDGEMAN IMAGES T he fact that Queen Anne was the last of the Stuarts was due to an extraordinary, and tragic, quirk of fate. B ...
“Anne combined the perfect blend of a high regard for the ancient ceremonies of the crown with a firm commitment to a modernised ...
GETTY IMAGES/DEAGOSTINI John Wooton’s 1704 painting of the battle of Blenheim. The duke of Marlborough’s victory inspired a pala ...
GETTY IMAGES THE UNION OF 1707 In Scotland, the 1707 Union with England was greeted with furious protests and accusations of bet ...
OPEN FOR BUSINESS Trade was a driving force behind the union ‘yes’ vote The collapse of the Scottish colonial venture at Darien ...
Sir Patrick Hume of Polwarth, first earl of Marchmont (1641–1724) A devout Presbyterian, under the Stuarts Hume had suffered imp ...
The Duke of Queensberry presents Queen Anne with the historic Act of Union in 1707 Christopher A Whatley is professor of Scottis ...
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“Kings are justly called gods for they exercise a manner or resemblance of divine power upon earth” James VI and I ...
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