John Miller

John Miller is a British historian specialising in seventeenth-century England, particularly the Restoration monarchy, the reigns of Charles II and James II, and the political and religious conflicts that culminated in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He taught for many years at Queen Mary University of London, where he became Professor of History and is now Emeritus Professor. His scholarship examines the relationship between monarchy, Parliament, religion and political society, with particular attention to Catholicism, Protestant dissent and the development of political parties during the later Stuart period. His work is noted for treating Restoration politics on its own terms rather than simply as a prelude to the constitutional settlement of 1688.

Miller's major books include Popery and Politics in England 1660–1688, James II: A Study in Kingship, The Glorious Revolution, Restoration England: The Reign of Charles II, Charles II, After the Civil Wars: English Politics and Government in the Reign of Charles II and Cities Divided: Politics and Religion in English Provincial Towns 1660–1722. His broader surveys, including The Stuarts, A Brief History of the English Civil Wars and Early Modern Britain 1450–1750, place the Stuart era within the longer transformation of British government and society from the late medieval period into the eighteenth century. Together his books provide particularly strong coverage of the English Civil Wars, the Restoration, the Exclusion Crisis, the reign of James II and the Glorious Revolution.