ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Glorious Revolution refers to the events of 1688–89 that saw King James II of England deposed and succeeded by one of his daughters and her husband.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Glorious Revolution of 1688 is also termed as the revolution of 1688, in which King James II was overthrown from his throne by his own son-in-law William of Orange, who was a Dutch king of that period and daughter named Mary.

Detailed explanation-3: -1685-1688) Born in 1633 and named after his grandfather James I, James II grew up in exile after the Civil War (he served in the armies of Louis XIV) and, after his brother’s restoration, commanded the Royal Navy from 1660 to 1673.

Detailed explanation-4: -Glorious Revolution, or Bloodless Revolution or Revolution of 1688, In English history, the events of 1688–89 that resulted in the deposition of James II and the accession of his daughter Mary II and her husband William III.

Detailed explanation-5: -He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution (1688–89) and replaced by William III and Mary II. That revolution, engendered by James’s Roman Catholicism, permanently established Parliament as the ruling power of England. James II was the second surviving son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria.