Allegiance and Protection: The Problem of Subjecthood in the Glorious Revolution, 1680-95

This project explores the ways in which people in the British Isles and the American colonies struggled to define their status as subjects of the English king in a decade whose political, religious, and cultural turmoil frustrated any simple answer. At its heart, this debate unfolded over the nature of obedience owed to a sovereign power, and as a result spilled from the narrow banks of legal theory onto a far broader plain of concerns about character and identity in a quite large and diverse empire.