He is a prominent scholar of Early Modern British history,[1] and his work has focused on the 17th century, in particular the Glorious Revolution and English foreign policy.
1688 was violent and divisive; it represented not a coup or invasion but a popular rejection of the king's absolutist modernisation based on the French Catholic model.
Professor Grant Tapsell of Oxford University said it was "fundamentally flawed in three ways: the argument is most implausible where it is most novel; the evidence used to make the argument is mishandled; and much of the book involves reinventing the wheel due to a bizarrely patchy engagement with existing popular culture.
"[6] Additionally, Pincus argues that, in order to implement their programs of reform, modernizing states "have to proclaim and explain their new direction"[6] to these "new publics.
[7] In March 2010 he delivered the Sir John Neale lecture at University College London.