Convert to catholicism and he also had a son. Now in england in 1688 meant the spanish armada and louis xiv. The spanish armada was history but louis xiv was very much alive. And england could swallow a Catholic King but they could not swallow a string of them. So after james had a son in 1688 the nation rose up and offered the crown to william of orange who was james nephew and soninlaw. Hed married his elder daughter mary. The family the house of stewart was sort of like sopranos in turn of its internal dynamics. And william accepted as a condition of being king of england a bill of rights which parliament passed in 1689. These were going to be the rules for his rule, he was announcing that these were the principles that would guide him. And this was an advance on the magna carta. The right of petition was extended beyond barons, trial by jury was reaffirmed, especially in trials for high treason. The english bill of rights guaranteed freedom of speech in parliament and the right of
The New York Historical society and the bryant park reading room cohosted this 45 minute event. It is my great pleasure to introduce tonight speaker eric byrnes. He is a former correspondent for nbc news and the today show. He served as host of the toprated fox news watch for 10 years. He is the recipient of an emmy award for media criticism. He is the author of many books including 1920 the year that make the decade roar, and the golden lad the haunting story of quentin and Theodore Roosevelt. 1920 was named as one of the best nonfiction books published in 2015. It is a great pleasure for me to present to you eric burns. [applause] mr. Burns thank you louise, and thank you to those who applauded. It says in the printed information you have that im going to speak about two books tonight. Lad and 1920. Even i would get tired of me if i was speaking about two books. It is just this im talking about. Home i havey at about 12 biographies of Theodore Roosevelt. And this is just one of them.
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