1. Leisler's Rebellion
... such Protestant states as the duchy of Wuertemburg. As a member of the Calvinist elite, Leisler was connected with such political and intellectual figures of his day as Dutch artist Henri Couturier, the pro-Orangist Rotterdam group of English exiles, which included Gilbert Burnet, Charles Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury, and Charles Mordaunt, earl of Monmouth, as well as with the New England Divines Cotton ... and Increase Mather. In the New World, Leisler catapulted to fame in 1689 when, in the wake of England's Glorious Revolution, he ... such Protestant states as the duchy of Wuertemburg...
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