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And in this post:

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luzula is going to tell us about the Jacobites and the '45!

-I'm going to finish reading Nancy Goldstone's book about Maria Theresia and (some of) her children Maria Christina, Maria Carolina, and Marie Antoinette, In the Shadow of the Empress, and

selenak is going to tell us all the things wrong with the last four chapters (spoiler: in the first twenty chapters there have been many, MANY things wrong)!

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mildred_of_midgard is going to tell us about Charles XII of Sweden and the Great Northern War

(seriously, how did I get so lucky to have all these people Telling Me Things, this is AWESOME)

-oh, and also there will be Yuletide signups :D

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luzula

I didn't mean that the treatment of rebels was unique to James, but that he wasn't a harmless (Catholic) excentric who lost the throne because everyone was paranoid about the Church of Rome, which is an impression you can sometimes get when reading certain books.

Ah, okay. I think the very first time I read about him, I was like "he thought people should be allowed to be Catholic? That sounds reasonable?" but I have since realized how serious the religious issue was at the time and that he was really pushing the Catholic agenda, and also that he seems to have been a pretty terrible king with a talent for pissing everyone off (except perhaps in the Highlands). But his execution and transportation of rebels seems pretty standard for the time.

Hmm, interesting speculation re: BPC.

From:

mildred_of_midgard

Ah, okay. I think the very first time I read about him, I was like "he thought people should be allowed to be Catholic? That sounds reasonable?"

Same!