John Miller

After the Civil Wars (eBook, ePUB)

English Politics and Government in the Reign of Charles II

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

It is often argued that the political and religious fissures created by the wars divided English society irrevocably, as demonstrated by the later bitter conflict between the Whig and Tory parties. In this first study of Restoration England from the point of view of both rulers and the ruled, John Miller argues that although there was political conflict, Charles II's reign was not a continuation of the divisions of the civil wars.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317885528
• Artikelnr.: 41090400

Autorenporträt

John Miller is Professor of History at Queen Mary and Westfield College.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Prologue Part one: The working of politics 1 Rulers and ruled A
self-governing people The law 2 Centre and localities Policy- and
decision-making Local government The means of coercion 3 Favour and reward
The mechanisms of patronage The nature of rewards 4 News The demand for
news Print Handwritten news Word of mouth 5 Popular politics The nature of
popular politics Riot Elections 6 Parliament Representatives and
represented The business of Parliament King and Parliament Part two:
Political division and conflict 7 The issues: I. Popery and arbitrary
government The ancient constitution Anti-popery Popery and arbitrary
government page vii 8 The issues: II. Church and Dissent 126 Before the
Restoration 126 The Restoration settlement 132 Church and people 135 The
nature of Dissent: Presbyterians 141 The nature of Dissent: Independents,
Baptists and Quakers 144 Persecution 147 9 The frustrations of the
Cavaliers, 1660-64 161 The liquidation of the past 161 The resentments of
the Cavaliers 164 The machinery of coercion 169 The Corporation Act 171 The
church settlement 174 The Cavaliers' revenge? 181 10 Politics in flux,
1664-73 195 The second Dutch war and its aftermath 195 The Cabal 198 Church
and Dissent 202 11 The rebirth of party, 1673-78 217 Danby and the
direction of policy 217 Danby and the patronage system 222 Partisan
divisions: Parliament 226 Partisan divisions: the localities 227 The
politicization of the legal system 235 12 'Guelphs and Ghibellines',
1679-81 245 A county divided 245 The political issues: an exclusion crisis?
249 Church and Dissent 254 The process of political division 256 Elections
257 Petitions and addresses 261 The law 263 13 The triumph of the Tories,
1681-85 272 Tory and Whig 272 Royal policy 277 Church and Dissent 279 The
law 283 The towns 285 The general election of 1685 288 Abbreviations 296
Select bibliography 301 Glossary 307 Index