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After the Civil Wars: English Politics and Government in the Reign of Charles II
Contributor(s): Miller, John (Author)
ISBN: 0582298989     ISBN-13: 9780582298989
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $59.80  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 2000
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe - Great Britain - General
- History | Modern - 17th Century
Dewey: 941.066
LCCN: 00042426
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.02 lbs) 328 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 17th Century
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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The first study of Restoration England from the point of view of both rulers and ruled, this volume offers a vital reappraisal of seventeenth century England. The civil wars had a traumatic effect on the English people: memories of bloodshed and destruction and the ultimate horror of the execution of Charles I continued to be invoked for decades afterwards. 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. After the Civil Wars proposes instead that although there was political conflict, Charles II's reign was not a continuation of the divisions of the civil wars.