Revolution Principles: The Politics of Party 1689-1720

The period from 1680 to about 1720 was one of the most complex and difficult in the history of British politics, to contemporaries as well as to posterity. The parameters of political obligation were decisively shifted by the Revolution of 1688; statesmen and politicians had now to accustom themselves to the novelty of a parliament in session every year; Britain was almost continuously engaged in the most ambitious and expensive wars in her history to date; political parties were slow to form, and of doubtful repute when they did.Kenyon, J. P. is the author of 'Revolution Principles: The Politics of Party 1689-1720' with ISBN 9780521386562 and ISBN 052138656X.