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Netherlands, EnglandNetherlands, England
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ConstitutionalismConstitutionalism
• Philosophy that the power of kings was limited
• “Sovereignty” located elsewhere, usually “the people”
• Importance of Calvinism
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Dutch RevoltDutch Revolt
• Importance of Netherlands as a banking and commercial center
• Conversion to Calvinism
• 1560s – resistance to promotion of Counter-Reformation
• 1567 – Duke of Alba
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Dutch RevoltDutch Revolt
• 1572 – open revolt led by William of Orange
• Dutch naval superiority
• English and French intervention
• Drain on Spanish economy
• 1609 – Truce
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Postwar NetherlandsPostwar Netherlands
• Independence formalized in 1648
• Republican government with House of Orange in a leadership role
• Commercial empire in Europe, North America, Africa, India, East Indies
• Weakened by wars with England and France, but remained independent
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Tudor EnglandTudor England
• Wars of the Roses (1455-1485) -- Lancasters and Yorks
• Battle of Bosworth Field (1485)
• Henry VII (1485-1509)
• Centralizer• Brought commoners
into government
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““Tudor Absolutism”Tudor Absolutism”
• No more effective noble resistance
• Growing importance of Parliament, esp. during Reformation
• Growing sense of nationhood (Reformation, Spanish Armada)
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Stuart EnglandStuart England
• James I (1603-1625)• Religion
– Hampton Court Conference (1604)
– Authorized Version
• Arguments with Parliament
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Charles I (1625-1649)Charles I (1625-1649)
• Fighting Parliament– Petition of Right
(1628)
• Personal Rule (1629-1640)– Arminians vs.
Calvinists– Anglo-Catholics vs.
Puritans—Abp. Laud– Sources of Revenue
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CrisisCrisis
• Bishops Wars (1637)• Short Parliament
(1640)• Long Parliament
(1640-1660)• Executions of
Charles’ ministers
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Civil War (1642-1649)Civil War (1642-1649)
• Cavaliers vs. Roundheads
• Oliver Cromwell• Presbyterians and
Independents• “Root and Branch”
Petition; WCF (1644)• Independents execute
Charles (1/1649)
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The Interregnum (1649-1660)The Interregnum (1649-1660)
• Commonwealth– Monarchy, Lords
abolished– Wars (Scots, Irish,
Dutch)
• Protectorate– Cromwell as Lord
Protector– 1658 – Cromwell dies,
son Richard succeeds
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““The World Turned Upside Down”The World Turned Upside Down”
• Interregnum brought social upheaval
• Religious sects– Baptists– Quakers– Ranters
• Political radicals– Levellers (Putney Debates)– Diggers
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Restoration EnglandRestoration England
• 1660 – Gen. Monck seizes power, offers crown to Charles II (1660-1685)
• Absolutism?– Royal control of army– Re-established Church– Cavalier Parliament– Clarendon Code
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Restoration EnglandRestoration England
• Crises (wars, etc.)• Exclusion Crisis
(1679-1681)– James, duke of York– Whigs and Tories
• James II (1685-1688) and the Glorious Revolution
• William and Mary