The English Revolution 1688-1689 Author:G M Trevelyan By 1688 Englishmen had been doubly disillusioned, first by the Saints under Cromwell and then by the Lord's Annointed under James II. Above all, men shrank from another civil war. The merit of this "Glorious" Revolution lay not in the shouting and tumult, but in the small voice of prudence and wisdom that prevailed through the din: the Revolu... more »tion Settlement found a way of escape from violence for future generations of Englishmen.« less