Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
King James II
Standard Name: James II, King
Used Form: Duke of York
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| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Catharine Macaulay | CM
sought to memorialise the men whose struggles had secured the reputation of England as a nation of liberty at the time of the Civil War, while believing that oppression in England had begun when... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck | MAS
pruned and updated the text (in its original form of a letter more than a hundred pages long addressed to My Reverend Mother on Christmas Eve, 1667—that is, to Agnès Artaud
). Schimmelpenninck felt... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Catharine Macaulay | This volume deals with the reign of James II
, closing in 1689. CM
concluded with a direct appeal to the ingenuous [that is, sincere] and uncorrupted part of my countrymen to condemn tyrants and... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Agnes Strickland | The monarchical attitudes of these bishops who remained loyal to their oaths to James II
were in tune with those of AS
nearly two centuries later. |
| Violence | Lady Lucy Herbert | A sectarian motive was assumed. Two page-boys were said to have died in the flames, and the family was lucky to get out alive. Permission to rebuild was granted by James II
in June 1685... |
| Wealth and Poverty | Anne Halkett | On his accession to the throne in 1685 James II
granted AH
a pension of a hundred pounds a year, in recognition of her personal contribution to saving his life in 1648. |
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