{"product_id":"making-toleration-the-repealers-and-the-glorious-revolution-harvard-historical-studies-9780674073098","title":"Making Toleration: The Repealers and the Glorious Revolution (Harvard Historical Studies)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2014 Whitfield Prize from the Royal Historical Society for the best first book on British or Irish historyIn the reign of James II  minority groups from across the religious spectrum  led by the Quaker William Penn  rallied together under the Catholic King James in an effort to bring religious toleration to England. Known as repealers  these reformers aimed to convince Parliament to repeal laws that penalized worshippers who failed to conform to the doctrines of the Church of England. Although the movement was destroyed by the Glorious Revolution  it profoundly influenced the post-revolutionary settlement  helping to develop the ideals of tolerance that would define the European Enlightenment. Based on a rich array of newly discovered archival sources  Scott Sowerbys groundbreaking history rescues the repealers from undeserved obscurity  telling the forgotten story of men and women who stood up for their beliefs at a formative moment in British history. By restoring the repealer movement to its rightful prominence  Making Toleration also overturns traditional interpretations of King James IIs reign and the origins of the Glorious Revolution. Though often depicted as a despot who sought to impose his own Catholic faith on a Protestant people  James is revealed as a man ahead of his time  a king who pressed for religious toleration at the expense of his throne. The Glorious Revolution  Sowerby shows  was not primarily a crisis provoked by political repression. It was  in fact  a conservative counter-revolution against the movement for enlightened reform that James himself encouraged and sustained.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666037235765,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674073096","price":77.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674073098.jpg?v=1782416246","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/making-toleration-the-repealers-and-the-glorious-revolution-harvard-historical-studies-9780674073098","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}