Analüüs Swifti kirjandusest inglise keeles
Religiously inspired revolts and rebellions followed, in which, indeed, one king, Charles I (16251649)
lost his life, and his son James II lost his crown and fled to France (16851688). Some of these
conflicts were between Protestants and Catholics; others were between different branches of
Protestantism. Swift does not clearly distinguish between these different kinds of religious strife.
Swift has his Lilliputian informant blame the "civil commotions" on the propaganda of the Emperor of
Blefuscu, i.e. the King of France; this primarily reflects the encouragement given by King Louis XIV of
France to James II in pursuit of his policies to advance the toleration of Catholicism in Great Britain.
He adds that "when (the commotions) were quelled, the (BigEndian) exiles always fled for refuge to
that empire (Blefuscu/France)". This partially reflects the exile of King Charles II on the Continent (in
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