Politics under the Later Stuarts

Tim Harris

• Preface1. Introduction2. The restorationThe desire for the RestorationThe political settlementReligious tensionsConclusion3. Court, Country and Origins of PartyFears of popery and abritratrary government and the emergence of Court-Country tensionsThe beginnings of party organisationConflict over the ChurchConclusions4. The Exclusion CrisisThe Whigs and exclusionThe constitutional position of the WhigsThe Whigs and the issue of dissentThe Tories and the defence of the successionDivisions in Parliament and 'out-of-doors'5. The Glorious RevolutionThe Tory reaction and the accession of James IITory-Anglican opposition to James IIThe Revolution settlementConclusion6. High Politics and Party Ideology under William and AnneThe structure of politicsThe issuesCourt versus Country and the transformation of partyConclusion7. The Divided Society under William and AnneThe social context of party strifeThe drama of electionsThe socio-economic contours of the divided societyConclusion8. JacobitismThe dimensions of JacobitismJacobitism in societyScottish JacobitismThe Jacobite challenge 1714 - 15Conclusion9. ConclusionBibliographyIndex

"Tim Harris has written the finest and most comprehensive synthesis of late Stuart politics to appear since J H Plumb's The Growth of Political Stability in England 1675 - 1725." – American Historical Review