HIST 417 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jacobitism, Gunpowder Plot, Saint Barthélemy
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Anniv of gunpowder plot (1605), cath attempt to blow up parli. William of orange, dutch stadtholder, lands invasion force in torbeg. Came bc of 7 followers of king james ii, who accused king of subverting prot in. No effective resistance as william marched towards london. William orders gen election for convention of parli. Jan, 1689, convention offers crown jointly to william and wife, mary (daughter of james ii) Clause including mary allows people to pass this off as legit. Henry viii starts reformation that creates church of england, now monarch usurps pope. Ex: potpourri is even a symbol of tyranny. Confession, transubstantiation, indulgences, masses for dead, latin bible, clerical celibacy/monasticism also attacked. Seen as methods of 24363/power gain for clergy. John fox the history of the acts and monuments of the church aka the book of martyrs . Detailed persecution of prots by mary (daughter of henry. As well as st. barts massacre (france)
