Tony Claydon is Professor of Early Modern History at Bangor University in Wales. He is author of numerous books and articles on the political and religious culture of later Stuart England, concentrating on national and confessional identity, perceptions of time, and the ideology of the regime of William III after the 1689 revolution.

Introduction: A painting on a wall: William III and his meanings

1. The death of a prince, 1650: the predicament of the infant William III
2. Slaughter in the streets, 1672: the Orangist revolution in the Netherlands
3. An invitation, 1688: Dutch politics and the path to the invasion of England
4. A coronation, 1689: William and the Glorious Revolution in England
5. A triumph in Ireland, 1690: the establishment of William's regime in the Stuart realms, and the start of the war with France
6. The end of a siege, 1695: success in European war
7. The loss of the army, 1698: challenges and defeats for William after the Glorious Revolution
8. A new hope, 1701: William's recovery at the last years of his reign

Conclusion: A stone in the floor: the legacies of William III

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