The Oath of Allegiance to the Monarch
Jacobites, Williamites, and ‘Nonjurors’ in England at the Turn of the 18th Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21241714 |
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| Authors | Veronika Vysokova (0000-0002-5689-7166, Ural Federal University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1401-1412 |
| Publication date | 2025-12-27 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quaestio Rossica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2311-911X • E-ISSN: 2313-6871 |
| Publisher | Ural Federal University (PUBLISHER • RU) |
| DOI | 10.15826/qr.2025.4.1029 |
| OpenAlex | W7117366939 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
This article examines the contentious nature of the development of a constitutional model of government in England at the turn of the eighteenth century based on the symbolic act of swearing an oath to the monarch. The article focuses on the desacralisation of royal power during the struggle between three ideological and political ‘groups’: the Jacobites, supporters of the fugitive King James II Stuart; the Williamites, who supported the idea of a social contract and an elected monarch; and the ‘Nonjurors’, or representatives of the clergy, senior hierarchs of the Church of England who refused to swear an oath of allegiance to William and Mary of Orange. The author addresses contemporary and historically established ideas about the understanding of these events in world historiography. The implications of this phenomenon are determined by the limitations of the liberal political model and the axiological crisis that emerged at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The outcome of the debate surrounding the oath of allegiance to the king and queen at the turn of the eighteenth century points to the erasure of moral and ethical discourse in the public and political life of England and the formation of a new political ethos based on pragmatic estimation
Allegiance · Constitution · Ethos · Ideology · Oath · Politics · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Historical Studies of British Isles · Scottish History and National Identity
| Highly cited | No |
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