The First Whigs: The Politics of the Exclusion Crisis, 1678-1683

By J.R. Jones

The Exclusion Crisis was an attempt to bar the King from ascending the throne. The author sets the crisis in its historical perspective as part of a continuing struggle between representative government and monarchial absolutism. The Whigs emerge as a highly disciplined political group who, after winning only a partial victory, were betrayed by a corrupt leader, and fell into disunity.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313249245
• ISBN13: 9780313249242
• Release Date: June 1985
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"