- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Illustrations
- 1 Boyhood
- 2 The Exiled Prince of Wales
- 3 A King in Search of a Realm, 1649–1650
- 4 The King of Scots, 1650–1651
- 5 A King in Search of Quarters, 1651–1656
- 6 The Pensioner of Spain, 1656–1660
- 7 The Year of Restoration, 1660–1661
- 8 The Fight for the Settlements, 1661–1664
- 9 Charles’s First Dutch War, 1664–1667
- 10 The Ministry of Arlington, 1668–1672
- 11 Charles’s Second Dutch War, 1672–1674
- 12 The End of King Louis’s War, 1674–1678
- 13 Collapse of a System, 1678–1679
- 14 The Quest for Men and Measures, 1679–1681
- 15 Towards a New Way of Ruling, 1681–1685
- 16 Conclusion: Monarch in a Masquerade
- References
- Index
Collapse of a System, 1678–1679
Collapse of a System, 1678–1679
- Chapter:
- (p.357) 13 Collapse of a System, 1678–1679
- Source:
- Charles the Second
- Author(s):
Ronald Hutton
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter discusses the period of Charles's reign that commenced with the Peace of Nijmegen. It is this period that has also been very intensively studied, leading to a fairly consistent portrait of the ‘Exclusion Crisis’.
Keywords: Charles, reign, Peace of Nijmegen, Exclusion Crisis
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Illustrations
- 1 Boyhood
- 2 The Exiled Prince of Wales
- 3 A King in Search of a Realm, 1649–1650
- 4 The King of Scots, 1650–1651
- 5 A King in Search of Quarters, 1651–1656
- 6 The Pensioner of Spain, 1656–1660
- 7 The Year of Restoration, 1660–1661
- 8 The Fight for the Settlements, 1661–1664
- 9 Charles’s First Dutch War, 1664–1667
- 10 The Ministry of Arlington, 1668–1672
- 11 Charles’s Second Dutch War, 1672–1674
- 12 The End of King Louis’s War, 1674–1678
- 13 Collapse of a System, 1678–1679
- 14 The Quest for Men and Measures, 1679–1681
- 15 Towards a New Way of Ruling, 1681–1685
- 16 Conclusion: Monarch in a Masquerade
- References
- Index