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Definition of Glorious Revolution
1. Noun. The revolution against James II; there was little armed resistance to William and Mary in England although battles were fought in Scotland and Ireland (1688-1689).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glorious Revolution
Literary usage of Glorious Revolution
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1839)
"Glorious Revolution. This is a Whig's cry, as often as it is a time to look bold,
and make the people believe that be had rather be hanged than not stand by ..."
2. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe by Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes (1916)
"THE "Glorious Revolution" AND THE FINAL ESTABLISHMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT
IN GREAT BRITAIN In his short reign of three years James II (1685-1688) ..."
3. Parliamentary England: The Evolution of the Cabinet System by Edward Jenks (1903)
"... II THE Glorious Revolution AND yet, in a sense, it is profoundly true, that
the final flight of James from Rochester was not in itself a Revolution, ..."
4. Cavendish by Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach (1996)
"The Cavendish who became the first duke of Devonshire took a leading part in the
Glorious Revolution of 1688, which deposed one king and sat another. ..."
5. A Student's History of the United States by Edward Channing (1913)
"The "Glorious Revolution'' in America. — The news of the landing of William of
Orange, in November, 1688, reached Boston in March, 1689, and the flight of ..."
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