Charles II (1630–1685), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland

by Paul Seaward

  • The civil wars, 1642–1648
  • Accession and Scotland, 1649–1651
  • Exile and Restoration, 1651–1660
  • The foundations of the Restoration monarchy, 1660–1665
  • Politics and patronage at the court of Charles II
  • Scotland and Ireland
  • Charles II and the continent, 1660–1665
  • The first crisis: 1665–1668
  • France, popery, and dissent: the Third Anglo-Dutch War, 1669–1673
  • Danby and recovery from the second Dutch war, 1674–1678
  • The crisis of 1678–1681
  • A tory peace, 1681–1685
  • A disgrace to the history of our country

References

See also

Themes

  • lawyers in England, 1500–1800
  • Monarchs of England
  • Princes of Wales
  • Consorts of the monarchs of Scotland
  • Monarchs of Scotland
  • Portraiture in the Oxford DNB
  • Consorts of the monarchs of England

Other online resources

  • Bibliography of British and Irish history
  • Churchill Archive
  • Electronic Enlightenment
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • National Register of Archives

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