The Final Crisis of the Stuart Monarchy Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- 1 In Search of the Mot Juste: Characterizations of the Revolution of 1688–9
- 2 The Damning of King Monmouth: Pulpit Toryism in the Reign of James II
- 3 Whig Thought and the Revolution of 1688–91
- 4 The Restoration, the Revolution and the Failure of Episcopacy in Scotland
- 5 Scotland under Charles II and James VII and II: In Search of the British Causes of the Glorious Revolution
- 6 Ireland's Restoration Crisis
- 7 Ireland, 1688–91
- 8 Rumours and Rebellions in the English Atlantic World, 1688–9
- 9 The Revolution in Foreign Policy, 1688–1713
- 10 Political Conflict and the Memory of the Revolution in England, 1689–c.1745
- 11 Afterword: State Formation, Political Stability and the Revolution of 1688
- Index
- Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History
4 - The Restoration, the Revolution and the Failure of Episcopacy in Scotland
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- 1 In Search of the Mot Juste: Characterizations of the Revolution of 1688–9
- 2 The Damning of King Monmouth: Pulpit Toryism in the Reign of James II
- 3 Whig Thought and the Revolution of 1688–91
- 4 The Restoration, the Revolution and the Failure of Episcopacy in Scotland
- 5 Scotland under Charles II and James VII and II: In Search of the British Causes of the Glorious Revolution
- 6 Ireland's Restoration Crisis
- 7 Ireland, 1688–91
- 8 Rumours and Rebellions in the English Atlantic World, 1688–9
- 9 The Revolution in Foreign Policy, 1688–1713
- 10 Political Conflict and the Memory of the Revolution in England, 1689–c.1745
- 11 Afterword: State Formation, Political Stability and the Revolution of 1688
- Index
- Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History
Summary
The Revolution of 1688-90 brought about the fall of King James VII and the abolition of episcopacy in the Church of Scotland. In some ways, this combination of outcomes was unsurprising. The bishops' authority had been entwined with that of the crown since the re-establishment of episcopacy in the Restoration settlement of 1661-2. Whereas government by bishops was well rooted in England, in Scotland episcopacy seemed unpopular and dependent for its survival on royal support. While Scots remained loyal to their king, as most seemed to be during the Restoration period, episcopacy could survive. But when the Restoration monarchy faced its final crisis in the Revolution, the king and bishops fell together. In the convention of estates, whose meetings in the spring of 1689 settled the fate of James VII and his style of government, the bishops' devotion to the king eroded their credibility. A minority of influential and able episcopalian clergy was willing to recognize the new monarchs, William and Mary. But the bishops' Jacobitism, and that of many of episcopacy's landed proponents, together with the presbyterianism of the Revolution's keenest supporters, left William with little choice but to accept a presbyterian settlement.
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- The Final Crisis of the Stuart MonarchyThe Revolutions of 1688-91 in their British, Atlantic and European Contexts, pp. 87 - 108Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2013