Glorious Revolution essay: compare and contrast the two views

The Glorious Revolution marked greatest changes in the history of Europe. The causes of the revolution of 1688 were not only religious but also political. That is the reason why there are many points of view which depicted the event diversely. One of the most relevant points of view is the one of the BBC. This UK´s public-service broadcaster described the Glorious Revolution as the one which established the supremacy of the Parliament over the British monarchy. On the other hand, The House of the Commons Information Office characterized the revolution as the Parliament assertion of its own rights over the monarchy. That is to say that, for the House of Commons` point of view, the Parliament recovered the rights over the Crown. One similarity between the BBC and The House of Commons is that both of them described the event as a peaceful or bloodless revolution. The people killed during the Glorious Revolution was very little in comparison with other revolutions.The BBC highlighted that the James II`s reign was replaced by the joint of his protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange. However, The House of Commons described the culmination of the revolution with the exile of James II and the accession to the throne of William and Mary. The BBC version writes a complete paragraph telling about the fear of popery in James´reign and the origin of this fear. However. the House of Commons scarcely names the matter relating about the succession of James II that occurred without incident in spite of fear of Catholicism. The House of Commons gives more specific information like naming different events and describing them in detail such as the succession of James in 1685, the repeal of Tests Acts in 1686, the Declaration of Indulgence in 1687, the Glorious Revolution itself in 1688 and the Bill of Rights in 1689. On the other hand, the BBC just gives general information about the Glorious Revolution. The House of Commons also speaks about ‘Historical Interpretations’ which consists on ‘The Whig view’, ‘The Marxist interpretation’ and some historians’ view in order to support their point of view about the meaning of the Glorious Revolution for them as “a vindication of our ancient rights”. On the contrary, the BBC just enumerates some of the consequences of the revolution without giving no many details about them insinuating a neutral point of view about the revolution. The House of Commons describes the Bill or Rights as a condemnation of the James´actions and an assertion of what is described as “certain ancient rights and liberties”, whereas BBC describes it as a real restriction on the crown. Both of them have similarities and differences but what is interesting to remark is the approaching of each article in which the House of Commons is concerned about judging the actions of James II and approving the consequences of the revolution while the BBC describes and enumerates the most relevants events of the Glorious Revolution.