In 1688, Britain’s Protestant elite was so desperate to avoid putting the Catholic James II on the throne of England that it invited a Dutchman, William of Orange, to take it instead. In 1922, after years of civil war in Ireland, Britain gave up its power in Dublin and split the country in two.
State of the Union: is it reform or die?
In 1688, Britain’s Protestant elite was so desperate to avoid putting the Catholic James II on the throne of England that it invited a Dutchman, William of Orange, to take it instead. In 1922, after years of civil war in Ireland, Britain gave up its power in Dublin and split the country in two.