David Womersley

Auteur van James II: The Last Catholic King

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David Womersley is the Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of St Catherine's College. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.

Bevat de namen: D. P. Womersley, David P. Womersley, David Womersley, PhD

Fotografie: University of Oxford

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James II: The Last Catholic King (2015) 59 exemplaren

Liberty and American Experience in the Eighteenth Century (2006) — Redacteur — 29 exemplaren

Restoration Drama: An Anthology (2000) — Redacteur — 27 exemplaren

Augustan Critical Writing (Penguin Classics) (1997) — Redacteur — 23 exemplaren

Gibbon and the 'Watchmen of the Holy City': The Historian and his Reputation, 1776-1815 (2002) 16 exemplaren

The Transformation of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1988) 12 exemplaren

Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings (21st-Century Oxford Authors) (2020) — Redacteur — 10 exemplaren

A Companion to Literature from Milton to Blake (2001) — Redacteur — 7 exemplaren

Divinity and State (2010) 5 exemplaren

Writings on Standing Armies (2020) — Redacteur — 4 exemplaren

Restoration Comedy (Blackwell Essential Literature) (2002) 3 exemplaren

Edward Gibbon : bicentenary essays (1997) — Redacteur — 3 exemplaren

"Cultures of Whiggism" : new essays on English literature and culture in the long eighteenth century (2005) — Redacteur — 3 exemplaren

Literary Milieux: Essays in Text and Context, Presented to Howard Erskine-Hill (2008) — Redacteur — 1 exemplaar

Religious scepticism : contemporary responses to Gibbon (1997) 1 exemplaar

Sir Thomas More’s History of King Richard III: a new theory of the English texts 1 exemplaar

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Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: UK
Beroepen: Professor (English Literature)
Organisaties: University of Oxford (St. Catherine's College)

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James II : the last Catholic king door David Womersley

One of Penguin's biographies of British monarchs. Without overlooking the breadth of the subject this is merely a glimpse of James II's short turbulent reign from 1685-1688. As Duke of York (for which New York is named) James was influential before succeeding to the throne when his brother Charles II died without children. But the joy of the still fresh Restoration abated when The "Popish Plot" and James' secret conversion to Catholicism gave rise to the political Exclusion Crisis that, although it failed, ushered in new political tactics. When William, Prince of Orange, was invited by nobles to come to England with an army, prepared to invade, James II effectively abdicated when he declined to attack the invading army. Womersley's sources include historians of the period including some interesting comments by Samuel Pepys.

This is an excellent summary that would serve well as a starting point for further study of a fascinating era.… (meer)