Битва на реке Бойн 1690 г. (по материалам английских, шотландских и ирландских источников)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the battle on the river Boyne (July 1, 1690) – one of the largest battles of the War of the League of Augsburg and the largest battle in the history of Ireland. The conflict was caused by a clash between two crowned rivals – James II Stuart, who was overthrown during the “Glorious Revolution” of 1688–1689 in England, and Prince of Orange – statholder of the Netherlands, who seized the British throne and proclaimed himself King William III of Britain. The author of the articlesought to draw on materials from both opposingsides, as well as those contemporaries who took a neutral position. On the basis of these sources the ratio of forces of the Jacobites and the Orangists, their preliminary preparation for the general battle and its planning, and finally, the course of the battle itself and its results are studied.