A challenge to received ideas about 'revolution in English seventeenth- and eighteenth-century history.

List of abbreviations; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. A disclosure on method; 3. Social change explanations; 4. The case of the provinces; 5. The monarchy and parliament; 6. Political ideology; 7. Party structure and the House of Commons; Conclusion; Appendix A; Appendix B; Index.