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HIWD 370
National Stability After Numerous Wars
12/3/2023
Baylor’s thesis revolves around the shift in England's political stability after the Glorious
Revolution of 1688–1689 and what contributed to its transformation from a state marked by
incessant civil wars to one characterized by stability. The author argues that the enduring
settlement resulted from two main factors: the steady development and respect for the law by
English politicians and the emergence of a strong English state with a distinct national identity.
The author supports his thesis by providing more detail on how the respected law
developed along with England’s strong sense of nationality. The process began in the late Middle
Ages and continued into the seventeenth century with the Magna Carta, highlighted as a
forerunner for constitutional settlements that formalized legal specifications of the rights and
duties of the crown and its subjects. Baylor even mentions in his article that it has been regarded
as the bedrock of English liberties.
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The author also shows how exactly England obtained a more
centralized government and a sense of national identity. The English Reformation played a
crucial role in creating a distinctive English national identity by severing ties with Rome and
making the English monarch sovereign.
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This alone majorly reinforced unity among the nation.
Baylor’s article fits well with the theme of both war and peace. The countless civil wars
that occurred for centuries finally came to a close when a strong, independent government rose
from the rubble. Albeit slow and gradual, the well-established law came to be. It is unfortunate
that it took several wars to lead up to it along with other political conflicts. Nonetheless, the
nation finally got to experience a bit of peace and stability after so long. It is a minor example
out of many that true peace can be achieved; it just may take longer than desired in order to get
there.
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Fukuyama, “The Last English Civil War,” 22.
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Fukuyama, Francis. “The Last English Civil War,”
Daedalus
147, no. 1 (2018): 18.
Bibliography
Fukuyama, Francis. “The Last English Civil War,”
Daedalus
147, no. 1 (2018): 15–24.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/48563403
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