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12 timestamped hits 3 source readings 7 extracted notes Aliases: parliaments

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Parliament

The Glorious Revolution is interpreted less as a religious event than as a capital-protection pact in which Parliament becomes sovereign and William of Orange accepts figurehead monarchy.

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Key Notes

Interpretive model stated in the lecture.

definition

Jiang reads Locke-style rights as a property-protection doctrine: the state protects private property regardless of origin and treats it as God-given.

1688-1694 historical sequence as presented in the lecture

evidence

England attracts Dutch capital by installing William of Orange and creating the Bank of England, a private bank guaranteed by Parliament.

Historical constitutional claim stated on 2025-05-08

diagnosis

The Glorious Revolution officially establishes Parliament as Britain's ultimate sovereign authority over the king.

Central-bank model stated on 2025-05-08

model

The Bank of England solves the credit crisis by turning loans from personal loans to kings into loans to the nation, making repayment survive the death or deposition of any monarch.

Historical-social model stated on 2025-05-08

model

English religious factions are mapped onto class power: middle-class reformers support Protestant change, many nobles remain Catholic, and the king is treated as Catholic-sympathetic.

Historical constitutional claim stated on 2025-05-08

diagnosis

After the Glorious Revolution, Parliament limits the king by requiring that the monarch not be Catholic and by reserving power to replace rulers suspected of Catholic sympathies.

Timestamped Evidence

The Bank That Made The Game

2026-01-22, day precision · Game Theory #6: The World's Bank

Transcript

"in europe right before up until the world war one okay and so this creates anxiety in europe because if there's all this war..."

The Bank That Made The Game

2026-01-22, day precision · Game Theory #6: The World's Bank

Transcript

"...country. Okay. So in this agreement, what would happen is that Parliament becomes the sovereign state. Okay. It becomes the de facto power in..."

The Bank That Made The Game

2026-01-22, day precision · Game Theory #6: The World's Bank

Transcript

"Because remember, both the Dutch Republic and England are Calvinists, okay? And the major secret society that facilitated trade, of course, were the Freemasons...."

The Island That Had To Innovate

2025-05-08, day precision · Civilization #50: Rule, Britannia!

Transcript

"Remember, the idea of the Puritans is they want to establish a religious centralized theocracy on England. But England has always been pretty independent..."

The Island That Had To Innovate

2025-05-08, day precision · Civilization #50: Rule, Britannia!

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"...in fact, if you adhere to the throne, but if the Parliament suspects you have Catholic sympathies, they will replace you with someone else...."

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