A major re-examination of one of the most gripping, disturbing periods in British history.
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 discontent of the 1680s. This book looks beyond the popular image of Restoration England, and reconstructs the human tragedy of Restoration politics.
A major re-examination of one of the most gripping, disturbing periods in British history.
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 discontent of the 1680s. This book looks beyond the popular image of Restoration England, and reconstructs the human tragedy of Restoration politics.
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 decades of civil war and republican rule.
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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