The Man of Blood and the Army of Scripture

British historians found this triumph of the word over blood the defining glory of the English. Trevelyan wrote, “It is England's true glory that the cataclysm of James's overthrow was not accompanied by the shedding of English blood either on the field or on the scaffold.” He praises William's “brief and bloodless campaign” and compares the revolution, as Burke did, to that in France. “Here, seen at long range is ‘glory,’ burning steadily for 250 years: it is not the fierce, short, destructive blaze of la gloire.” ¹