Background
Prall, Stuart Edward was born on June 2, 1929 in Saginaw, Michigan, United States. Son of Edward Eugene and Maryan (Green) Prall.
(Throughout this essay all dates are given in New Style. W...)
Throughout this essay all dates are given in New Style. When pamphlets were originally dated Old Style, the new date has been substituted. In all quotations the original seventeenth-century spelling has been retained. A "sic" is placed in the quotation only where it appears to be certain that there has been a misprint in the original. I want to express my sincere gratitude to the late Professor Garrett Mattingly of Columbia University for his inspiration and guidance during the years spent under his sponsorship. It was a rare privilege to study under him. Professor Sidney Burrell of Barnard College offered many constructive suggestions and I am most appreciative of the kind interest he took in the completion of this study. I also wish to thank the editors of The American Journal of Legal History for publishing some of my material on Chancery reform in their Journal. The staff of the North Library of the British Museum was most helpful in making available the many volumes of the Thomason Collection. Thanks are also due to the staff of the Library of Union Theological Seminary who helped in the location of materials from the McAlpin Collection.
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Beginning with a review of the historiographical conflicts over the causes of the Puritan or English Revolution, Dr. Prall's book combines a narrative of the dominant political, religious, social, economic, and military issues of the Civil War and the Commonwealth and Protectorate which followed. The author sees this revolution as both a political/constitutional and religious conflict. This book is an excellent combination of classic and revisionist interpretations. The author shows that more recent class or regional interpretations can be made compatible with traditional constitutional interpretations. Relevant documents from the period are included.
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The Glorious Revolution of 1688 represented a crucial turning point in modern British history by decisively shifting political power from the monarchy to Parliament. In this cogent study, first published in 1972, Stuart Prall offers a well-balanced account of the Revolution, its roots, and its consequences. The events of 1688, Prall argues, cannot be viewed in isolation. Examining the tempestuous half-century that preceded and precipitated William and Mary’s accession, he provides a comprehensive overview of the Revolution’s context and of its historical meaning. “Prall insists that the Revolution of 1688 was the culmination of a long crisis begun back in 1640, and the revolution settlement was the resolution of problems which the Puritan Revolution and the Restoration had left unsolved. This is an admirable combination of analysis, commentary upon views of historians, and chronological narrative, starting with the Restoration in 1660 and continuing through the Act of Settlement in 1701.”—Choice
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( The Glorious Revolution of 1688 represented a crucial t...)
The Glorious Revolution of 1688 represented a crucial turning point in modern British history by decisively shifting political power from the monarchy to Parliament. In this cogent study, first published in 1972, Stuart Prall offers a well-balanced account of the Revolution, its roots, and its consequences. The events of 1688, Prall argues, cannot be viewed in isolation. Examining the tempestuous half-century that preceded and precipitated William and Mary’s accession, he provides a comprehensive overview of the Revolution’s context and of its historical meaning. “Prall insists that the Revolution of 1688 was the culmination of a long crisis begun back in 1640, and the revolution settlement was the resolution of problems which the Puritan Revolution and the Restoration had left unsolved. This is an admirable combination of analysis, commentary upon views of historians, and chronological narrative, starting with the Restoration in 1660 and continuing through the Act of Settlement in 1701.”—Choice
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This deftly written book tells the story of the transition from the centrality of the church to that of the state in Tudor and Stuart England. The story begins with a quite medieval Henry VIII and ends with the triumph of constitutional-parliamentary monarchy following the Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689. Besides a Bill of Rights, the first step taken by the new regime led by William and Mary was the passage of the Toleration Act of 1689 (for Protestants). From then on the state was the unifying factor and the church became a divisive factor.
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Prall, Stuart Edward was born on June 2, 1929 in Saginaw, Michigan, United States. Son of Edward Eugene and Maryan (Green) Prall.
Bachelor, Michigan State University, 1951. Master of Arts, University Rhode Island, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1960.
Assistant professor II, Newark State College, Union, New Jersey, 1958-1960. Lecturer Queens College City University of New York, Flushing, 1955-1958, from instructor to professor, since 1960, professor Graduate School, since 1972.
( The Glorious Revolution of 1688 represented a crucial t...)
( The Glorious Revolution of 1688 represented a crucial t...)
(This deftly written book tells the story of the transitio...)
(Beginning with a review of the historiographical conflict...)
(Throughout this essay all dates are given in New Style. W...)
Fulbright scholar University Manchester, England, 1953-1954. Board trustees Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library., 1974-1987, president, 1982-1987. Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Naomi Shafer, January 20, 1958. Children: Julie Anne, David Stuart.