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This chapter focuses on William III and his contribution to the cause of religious toleration and advancement of religious and intellectual programs in Britain, in the Dutch Republic, and in the North American colonies.
20 gru 2023 · As long as Mary II, grand-daughter of the earl of Clarendon and a devout Anglican, was alive and influential in church affairs, the clergy endured this situation more or less peacefully. But her death at the end of 1694, followed by the effective abandonment of censorship on religious publications in the following year, produced a new crisis in ...
10 sty 2024 · William III (1689-1702) and Mary II (1689-94) Edited by Gerald Bray; Book: Records of Convocation; Online publication: 10 January 2024; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781805431947.002
1 sty 2014 · The period of English and British history that this chapter places under a political–economic microscope embraces the reigns of six monarchs—William III and Mary II (1689–1694), William III (1694–1702), Anne I (1702–1714), George I (1714–1727), George II (1727–1760), and George III (1760–1820).
British views on religion and religions in the age of William and Mary David A. Pailin Abstract The article provides a glimpse into the antecedents of the modern study of religion and religions by outlining the extent and variety of the different attitudes to other religions that are to be found in works published in Britain
It notes that William made intense use of sermons to justify his armed advance to England and to legitimate his acceptance of James's crown. The article then looks at Jacobitism, the struggles Jacobites encountered under William and Mary's reign, and the formation of anti-preaching.
10 lis 2024 · William III, stadholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands (1672–1702) and king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1689–1702), reigning jointly with Queen Mary II (until her death in 1694). He directed the European opposition to Louis XIV and, in Britain, secured the triumph of Protestantism.
