The late seventeenth century was a period of extraordinary turbulence and political violence in Britain, the like of which has never been seen since. Beginning with the Restoration of the monarchy after the Civil War, this book traces the fate of the monarchy from Charles II's triumphant accession in 1660 to the growing discontent of the 1680s. Harris looks beyond the popular image of Restoration England revelling in its freedom from the austerity of Puritan rule under a merry monarch and reconstructs the human tragedy of Restoration politics where people were brutalised, hounded and exploited by a regime that was desperately insecure after two decade of civil war and republican rule.
Restoration: Charles II and His Kingdoms, 1660-1685
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Tim Harris is Professor of History at Brown University. His previous books include London Crowds in the Reign of Charles II and The Politics of the Excluded.
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On 29 May 1660 Charles II made his triumphant royal entry into London to reclaim the thrones of his three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland after more than eleven years of republican experimentation in government. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
episcopalian interest, nonconformist allies, field conventicles, popish successor, outed ministers, loyalist demonstrations, true protestant religion, restored monarch, loyal addresses, restored regime, suspending power, royalist reaction, one pamphleteer, discontented elements, arbitrary government, quo warranto proceedings, borough corporations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Exclusion Crisis, Oxford Parliament, Popish Plot, Exclusion Bill, Rye House Plot, Tory Reaction, Bothwell Bridge, Lord Mayor, Conventicle Act, Duke of Monmouth, Church of England, Lord Lieutenant, Exclusion Parliament, Lord Advocate, Low Countries, Test Act, English Whigs, Scottish Presbyterians, Cavalier Parliament, Confession of Faith, Earl of Shaftesbury, Irish Catholics, Declaration of Indulgence, Jack Presbyter, West Country New!
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On 29 May 1660 Charles II made his triumphant royal entry into London to reclaim the thrones of his three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland after more than eleven years of republican experimentation in government. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
episcopalian interest, nonconformist allies, field conventicles, popish successor, outed ministers, loyalist demonstrations, true protestant religion, restored monarch, loyal addresses, restored regime, suspending power, royalist reaction, one pamphleteer, discontented elements, arbitrary government, quo warranto proceedings, borough corporations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Exclusion Crisis, Oxford Parliament, Popish Plot, Exclusion Bill, Rye House Plot, Tory Reaction, Bothwell Bridge, Lord Mayor, Conventicle Act, Duke of Monmouth, Church of England, Lord Lieutenant, Exclusion Parliament, Lord Advocate, Low Countries, Test Act, English Whigs, Scottish Presbyterians, Cavalier Parliament, Confession of Faith, Earl of Shaftesbury, Irish Catholics, Declaration of Indulgence, Jack Presbyter, West Country New!
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