tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post2700458551823767028..comments2024-03-28T00:17:55.823+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Priest holesBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-6762855153459162292012-07-20T21:55:06.158+01:002012-07-20T21:55:06.158+01:00JP: remember that "treason doth never prosper...JP: remember that "treason doth never prosper"...Alatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-54221319169940256062012-07-20T12:32:35.806+01:002012-07-20T12:32:35.806+01:00There were of course plots and plans to kill monar...<i>There were of course plots and plans to kill monarchs, and/or to assist foreign invasions - and this kind of thing does tend to elicit aggressive responses.</i><br /><br />I always find it fascinating that 1688 is not generally regarded as a foreign invasion. Foreign fleet brings foreign army to install foreign king on the English throne... sure seems like a foreign invasion to me! But for some reason historians call it a "Glorious Revolution" and not an invasion.JPnoreply@blogger.com