Okay, reading Unmaking the West, one ofthe scenarios that's proposed is the death of William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne. One author sugest that without William, absolutist Stuarts prevent England's industrial revolution.
To which another author replies, what about William's wife Mary, who was Queen in her own right and still ruled England and Scotland?
So, let's suppose William dies in 1690. Mary, however, is solidly on the English throne, if less securely on the Scottish; and Ireland falls over the course of 1690, as not even the death of William defeats his professional army on the island.
What does the future hold for England's queen?
To which another author replies, what about William's wife Mary, who was Queen in her own right and still ruled England and Scotland?
So, let's suppose William dies in 1690. Mary, however, is solidly on the English throne, if less securely on the Scottish; and Ireland falls over the course of 1690, as not even the death of William defeats his professional army on the island.
What does the future hold for England's queen?