Restoration Flashcards
What has De Krey argued about the 1679-81 crisis?
It was a multifaceted Restoration crisis, rather than an exclusion crisis
What does De Krey see the competition between Whigs and Tories as marking a turning point in?
The development of more modern structures of political debate and discussion
What does De Krey argue marked a crisis in the English restoration? What was it prompted by?
1667-73
Parliamentary consideration of an act to replace the expiring Conventicle Act of 1664
As what can the Restoration be seen as a transitional era between?
Long Reformation and the long 18th century
How was the triumphal royalism of 1660-1 seen in the 1970s?
As representing a deep seated national urge to re-establish monarchy
Who argued that politics were secularised after 1660?
Whigs and Marxists
Who argued that “new situations and new sets of problems for the restored monarch and his ministers” after 1660?
Jones
Who have argued that 1660 did not mark a fundamental watershed?
Harris and Goldie
What is an example to support the argument that there was a significant continuity in personnel?
Earl of Shaftesbury
What does Rose argue about Restoration political thinking?
That it often took place in a religious framework
Which two historians have shown that the collapse of the Protectorate after Richard Cromwell’s succession was not inevitable?
Woolrych and Hutton
What did anti-republic political discourse from 1659 focus on?
Need for a legitimate parliament AND need for a legitimate monarch
What did most people want?
A new and comprehensive settlement of hte country’s political and religious institutions
What was the desire for a free parliament based on, if not solely the restoration of Charles?
Reaction against the management, purging and massaging of Parliament since 1648
What does De Krey argue the political reaction of 59-60 based on?
“Preserving both parliament government and Protestant tradition”
What was most significantly restored in 1660
Unsteady partnership between crown and parliament
What was Restoration England a reaction against?
Sectarianism, republicanism, army, fiscal excesses, arbitrary government of partial parliaments
What was the impact of the habit of resolving disputes and resolving goals through political and legal channels?
Created an internalised and ingrained respect for the law
What was there a pervasive concern for?
Consensus and conciliation
What was the role of the monarch according to the ancient constitution?
To defend realm from attack and through law courts, maintain order, protect property, resolve disputes
Why were prerogatives necessary according to the ancient constitution?
For the safety of the people and proper conduct of government
On what was there an emphasis as part of the ancient constitution?
Mutuality, participation, cooperation, consensus
What was implied by images of the king as a father figure?
That he was an innate and superior authority, but also that he had a duty to rule in his subjects’ interests
What did the concept of an ancient constitution allow for?
Ordered constitutional evolution