The Cavalier Parliament and the Reconstruction of the Old Regime, 1661 1667 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521531313)

This is an account of English politics in the 1660s, the years immediately following the Restoration of Charles II, after the Civil Wars and Interregnum in the course of which the monarchy had been abolished and Charles I executed. It is the first detailed study of Westminster politics in the 1660s for over twenty years, and the first ever in-depth study of the legislation of the 1660s. Dr Seaward shows how these drastic and dramatic events had changed perceptions and attitudes in British politics. He analyses the policies followed by the Restoration government (and in particular those of Charles II's chief minister, Clarendon) in attempting to restore royal power, and the effect of the Civil Wars' legacy of partisan bitterness on relations between government and parliament. The book also describes the breakdown in those relations, which occurred in 1666-7 and during the earlier crisis in 1663, and attempts to discover why relations were soured so quickly after the euphoria of the Restoration in 1660.

Author: Paul Seaward
ISBN-10: 0521531314
ISBN-13: 9780521531313
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/13/2003
Pages: 372
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.10w x 0.92d