Patriotic ideas continually recur from Bede’s eighth century ‘Ecclesiastical History of the English People’ onwards. But the theme of patriotism became particularly important in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 which saw James II overthrown in favour of William III and Mary II. This new political settlement raised big questions about who was the true patriot: those who supported the English but Catholic James or those who advocated the Protestant but Dutch William. Nowadays, the Progressive Liberals and Globalists don’t want anything to do with Patriotism, they want you to be part of a ‘bigger thing’.
Patriotism Part 3
