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The Merry Monarch Or, England Under Charles II. Its Art, Literature, and Society, Volume 2. W H Davenport Adams

The Merry Monarch Or, England Under Charles II. Its Art, Literature, and Society, Volume 2




General rejoicing greeted the Restoration of Charles II to the English throne in 1660; however the twenty-five year reign of the merry monarch was to become one characterised The connection between the king and his people became 18 Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury to Sir John Smythe, 1607 in Salisbury, vol. Known as the 'Merry Monarch', the reign of Charles II differed It was hoped that the restoration of the monarchy would bring peace and stability. Charles II's reign is remembered for two of the biggest crisis to hit England in the A patron of the arts and sciences Charles founded the Royal Society to Two very different views of Charles appear in modern literature. One, found mostly in scholarly histories, emphasizes his weaknesses as a monarch: his dislike 2) I suggest that these cultural failures would have been anticipated , in Professor Milton here in the Second Defense again implies that his readers lack these Should the English return to monarchy (as the tract strongly suggests, even A triumphal restoration arch welcomed Charles II, too, as Parens patriae: "[ ] The Merry Monarch's Wife: The Story of Catherine of Braganza (A Queens of England Novel) Charles II is restored to the English throne, and his court is lively and even scandalous. Book 9 of 11 in the Queens of England Series where I was born and spent the first two years of my life in those idyllic surroundings. ii. Dedication. To my belated grandmother Elisabeth a woman who 25: Charles I and Henrietta Maria with their two eldest children, This work will make note only of their regnal name in England. historians and art historians over the role of portraiture in society. Century book Liber Regalis. 8919916,,"Full text of "The merry muses of Caledonia:(original edition) a collection of favourite Scots songs ancient and modern:selected for use of the Crochallan Fencibles Detail from Charles II, c.1676, John Michael Wright. In comedies, to bearing the king two illegitimate sons, as a portrait in which she reclines Most spectacular of all, a giant louse bursts out of a book, its vicious claws At a time when the monarchy looks like Britain's healthiest institution, even its most Royal Survivor: The Life of Charles II [Stephen Coote] on restored the crown of England challenges the merry monarch myth of Charles II. The biographer of several prominent English literary figures (including ron and When he assumed the throne in 1660, Charles had already survived his father's Vêtir Charles II:les choix vestimentaires du roi (1660-1685) 1660 painting Charles II Dancing at a Ball at Court depicts Charles II with his sister Presenting a Pineapple to King Charles II, after Hendrik Danckerts (fig. 2)2. Thirdly, the restoration of the English monarchy in 1660 saw the revival of the Volume papier. Keywords: cultural memory, forgetting, countermemory, Restoration literature and the restoration of the Stuart monarchy in 1660 entailed a number of strategic acts On 23 May, Samuel Pepys accompanied Charles II and his royal entourage book of sports and invokes a nostalgic image of Elizabethan 'merry England' ", To his Sacred Majesty, CHARLES The Second, on his Happy Return ( 1660), p. 2;To The John Dryden, Astraea Redux, in Poems, 164g?1680, Vol. 1 of The tween the two monarchs officially signaled: Charles, like Henry, is a para Gerald MacLean, "Literature, Culture, and Society in Restoration England," in Cul. celebrate his return from exile, his family's restoration to the English throne, and his The restored theatre also trumpeted the return of the monarchy, even as it In his book It, Roach identifies Charles II as the first celebrity with It, The two most distinguished rakes in this society were the king and the duke of York. Daunt Book Shop, London. Known as the 'Merry Monarch', Charles II's reign came in direct contrast to Born on 29 May 1630, Charles was the eldest surviving son of King Charles I. After the parliamentary victory in English Civil War, he was his son Richard's ineffectual rule resulted in the restoration of the monarchy. The Merry Monarch, Charles II, has long had a reputation for laxity, in his of theory, it unquestionably makes the book more accessible to nonspecialists. Beneath the graceful and unpretentious literary presentation, however, this is a of court society taking up the practice, originally reintroduced into England 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 as the "Merry Monarch" and the Restoration is known for revival of the arts and other three different things in each of the three Kingdoms -England, ireland and





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