The Scottish Parliament under Charles II, 1660-1685 /

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...

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Author / Creator: MacIntosh, Gillian H.
Other Corporate Authors / Creators:International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institutions.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Language notes:English.
Imprint: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2007.
Series:Etudes présentées à la Commission internationale pour l'histoire des assemblées d'Etats ; 83.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.