James II and English Politics 1678-1688

Michael Mullett reconsiders, in the light of recent scholarship and of altering perceptions of the English past, the events of the crucial years 1678-1688; from the Restoration era through the exclusion crisis to the `Glorious Revolution'.

Michael Mullett

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Popish Plot; Chapter 3 Exclusion; Chapter 4 The second restoration, 1681-5; Chapter 5 'A man for arbitrary power'?; Chapter 6 The search for new allies; Chapter 7 James's overthrow; Chapter 8 Conclusion;