James II and the Trial of the Seven Bishops [Hardcover]

The trial of the seven bishops in 1688 was a signifcant prelude to the Glorious Revolution, as popular support for the bishops led to a widespread welcome for William of Orange's invasion. Their prosecution showed James II at his most intolerant, and threatened the only institution for which most English people felt more loyalty than the monarchy.Preface Introduction: The Seven Bishops and the Glorious Revolution The Bishops: Unlikely Revolutionaries The King's Policies 1685-7 The Confrontation The Tower The Trial The Reaction The Revolution Conclusion Bibliography

'...a refreshing work...' - Sybil Jack, Journal of Religious History

'Gibson's well written and well-documented account of James and the bishops will surely become the new standard authority on these implausible revolutionaries (20) for many decades.' - Barbara Brandon Schnorrenberg, Anglican and Episcopal History

WILLIAM GIBSON?is Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. He has published widely on religion and society in the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including books on Benjamin Hoadly and religion and the Englightentment between 1600 and 1800. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Royal Society of Arts.