Ronald Hutton's Charles the Second, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, published by Oxford University Press in 1989, was the first full scholarly biography treating Charles II's reign across all three kingdoms together, covering the Clarendon Code, the 1673 Test Act, the Popish Plot, the Exclusion Crisis, and his deathbed reception into the Catholic Church in 1685. Hutton is a widely published academic historian of early modern Britain, and the book rests on standard university press peer review and direct archival research. It remains a standard scholarly reference specifically for Charles II's reign and its religious politics.
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Ronald Hutton's Charles the Second, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Oxford University Press, 1989, the top tier reflecting the first full scholarly biography treating Charles II's reign across all three kingdoms together, resting on standard university press peer review and direct archival research by a widely published academic historian of early modern Britain. It remains a standard scholarly reference specifically for Charles II's reign and its religious politics. NotesThe first scholarly biography of Charles II, covering his reign over England, Scotland and Ireland together, including the Clarendon Code (Corporation Act, Act of Uniformity, Conventicle Act, Five Mile Act), the 1673 Test Act, the Popish Plot, the Exclusion Crisis and his deathbed reception into the Catholic church in 1685.
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AuthorRonald Hutton
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication Year1989
URLhttps://academic.oup.com/book/11463
Source Typeacademic biography
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