Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
King James II
Standard Name: James II, King
Used Form: Duke of York
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| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck | MAS
pruned and updated the text (in its original form of a letter more than a hundred pages long addressed to My Reverend Mother on Christmas Eve, 1667—that is, to Agnès Artaud
). Schimmelpenninck felt... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Anne Halkett | AH
handles her narrative (which survives only up to the year 1656) with skill. She employs literary reference when the ups and downs of her personal value at court put her in mind of texts... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Catharine Macaulay | CM
sought to memorialise the men whose struggles had secured the reputation of England as a nation of liberty at the time of the Civil War, while believing that oppression in England had begun when... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Catharine Macaulay | This volume deals with the reign of James II
, closing in 1689. CM
concluded with a direct appeal to the ingenuous [that is, sincere] and uncorrupted part of my countrymen to condemn tyrants and... |
| Violence | Lady Lucy Herbert | A sectarian motive was assumed. Two page-boys were said to have died in the flames, and the family was lucky to get out alive. Permission to rebuild was granted by James II
in June 1685... |
| Wealth and Poverty | Anne Halkett | On his accession to the throne in 1685 James II
granted AH
a pension of a hundred pounds a year, in recognition of her personal contribution to saving his life in 1648. |
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