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Online-Ressource (273 p.)
ISBN:
9780748624577
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Studies presented to the International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions = 83
Inhalt:
On 14 May 1660, Charles II, restored to the throne of his father, was proclaimed king of Great Britain and Ireland at the market-cross of Edinburgh, bringing to an end over twenty years of internal upheaval. At the subsequent meeting of the Scottish parliament in January 1661, the ascendant royalist administration sought to abolish all constitutional innovations introduced during the revolutionary period in an attempt to secure the royal prerogative and prevent a repeat of rebellion from below. This book traces the background to the restoration of the monarchy in Scotland, explains why the Sco
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COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS; FIGURES; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 TURNING BACK THE CLOCK: THE RESTORATION SETTLEMENT OF 1661; Chapter 2 OSTRACISM BY BALLOT: PARLIAMENTARY INTRIGUE AND FACTION, 1662-3; Chapter 3 THE COST OF WAR, 1664-7; Chapter 4 ARISE KING JOHN: LAUDERDALE AND THE 1669 SESSION OF PARLIAMENT; Chapter 5 THE GROWTH OF OPPOSITION, 1670-4; Chapter 6 THE EMERGENCE OF 'PARTY', 1674-8; Chapter 7 A NEW BEGINNING? JAMES, DUKE OF YORK IN SCOTLAND, 1679-85; Chapter 8 THE RESTORATION SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT IN A EUROPEAN CONTEXT; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY
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INDEX
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ISBN 9780748630530
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ISBN 9780748624577
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Scottish Parliament Under Charles II, 1660-1685
Sprache:
Englisch
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