Daniel’s Reviews > The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 > Status Update

King William of the Netherlands invades London quickly and takes the crown of England in 1688 while King James flees to France as people are happy to be ruled by a protestant king

Finished ch 18 about societal advances and positive trends of the 1670s. Seemed like good times compared to the first 70 years of the century. Economic booms, famine and plagues ending for good, healthy population growth, lots of scientific and mathematical advances.

Late century. One theory as to why young women were not marrying as much, was that they were enjoying life too much with so many consumer goods to buy

Author is slightly libtarded and goes on about patriarchy.

The great london fire of 1661 flattens the city but somewhat helps the new king by destroying london’s walls and gates, making them less likely to be defiant in the future

People discover that the constellations change, they make progress on ideas about the spread of disease, they develop thermometers, microscopes. Literate people discuss these in coffee and tobacco smoking houses. Also the bubonic plague hits hard in 1665. Crazy that the plague came over and over for 300 years.