1688 the first modern revolution

The English “glorious revolution” of 1688, as a result of which the last of the kings of the Stuarts of the Jacob II was overthrown, is considered not only peaceful and bloodless, but also almost patriarchal, because it was equally supported by all the most conservative layers then English society, from the highest aristocracy to the peasantry.

Stephen Pinkus, analyzing the changes that the “glorious revolution” of not only Great Britain, its overseas colonies, but throughout Europe, comes to an unexpected conclusion: this is precisely this one The first modern revolution laid the foundation for the society of liberalism, tolerance, triumph of law, economic and political freedom.