The 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688 was a decisive event in the history of modern Europe and also of the English-speaking world. It changed the character of English government, gave meaning to a political philosophy and contributed to the working out of a balance of power among nations.
Traditionally it has been presented as a triumph of the purity and constitutional law over a blatant and outrageous attempt at its perversion, a reaffirmation of the liberties of the English people after the exercise by a monarch of unbridled arbitrary power. To other historians, it has appeared as a 'respectable revolution', an upper-class revolution, which left the integrity of Stuart monarchy almost unimpaired.
Yet history is, after all, the story of human beings, of individuals. The hero of the Glorious Revolution was Prince William III of Orange, who was to become King William III of England; its villain - or victim - was King James II of England who was also King James VII of Scots. These two princes, uncle and nephew, were the leading actors in the drama. They were both men of ideals as well as of human weakness, and both were politicians, though one was clever and the other rather stupid.
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