Charles the Second, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Hutton, Ronald.

Book 1989

"Ronald Hutton is Britain's foremost historian of the English Restoration. His book The Restoration was hailed as "a real tour de force" by History, a work "to which all historians will have to refer," and immediately established itself as the definitive history of the period. Now, in Charles II, Hutton offers a comprehensive biography of the king who returned to England in triumph after the death of Cromwell, re-establishing the monarchy that co...

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ISBN:

9780198229117
0198229119

Description:

xii, 554 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Charles II, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland

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Cover title: Charles II, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Includes index
Bibliography: pages 461-542

Contents:

Boyhood
The exiled Prince of Wales
A king in search of a realm, 1649-1650
The King of Scots, 1650-1651
A king in search of quarters, 1651-1656
The pensioner of Spain, 1650-1660
The year of Restoration, 1660-1661
The fight for the settlements, 1661-1664
Charles's first Dutch war
The Ministry of Arlington, 1668-1672
Charles's second Dutch war, 1672-1674
The end of King Louis's war, 1674-1678
Collapse of a system, 1678-1679
The quest for men and measures, 1679-1681
Towards a new way of ruling, 1681-1685
Conclusion : monarch in a masquerade

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89034059

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33819

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