Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
35 (1773): 381
King Charles II
Standard Name: Charles II, King
Used Form: Charles the Second
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Anthologization | Lady Rachel Russell | The work appeared with an introduction Vindicating the Character of Lord Russel
, Against Sir John Dalrymple
, &c: LRR
, that is, was seen as having historical rather than literary interest. |
| Cultural formation | Lady Lucy Herbert | Her family's titles, wealth, elite status, and remarkable record of high ability were somewhat offset by the RomanCatholic
faith which excluded them from some of the civil rights and privileges possessed by other English or... |
| Cultural formation | Agnes Beaumont | Hers was the first name that Bunyan entered as joining this Puritan
congregation, not long after his release from prison under the terms of Charles II
's Declaration of Indulgence (promulgated on 15 March 1672)... |
| Dedications | Elizabeth Polwhele | Since it has prologue, epilogue, and cast-list, the play was evidently meant for performance; it was probably performed, though the sparse theatre records of this time bear no trace of it. Polwhele, Elizabeth. “Introduction: A ’Lost’ Play and its Context”. The Frolicks, edited by Judith Milhous and Robert D. Hume, Cornell University Press, 1977, pp. 13-49. 36 |
| Dedications | Mary Carleton | According to critic Mihoko Suzuki
, The Case incorporates two portraits of its protagonist. The same plate was apparently used in two versions, one revised as to the hairstyle and ageing of the face. One... |
| Dedications | Anna Maria Mackenzie | This novel is available from Chawton House LibraryNovels Online at http://www.chawtonhouse.org/?page_id=55488. The dedication is dated 1 March and the book was reviewed by July. An advertisement for AMM
's previous novel appears at the... |
| Dedications | Aphra Behn | According to its title-page, it was published in 1689. O’Donnell, Mary Ann. Aphra Behn: An Annotated Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources. Garland, 1986. 155 |
| Employer | Abraham Cowley | He began writing poetry early, and also served as secretary to a diplomat and perhaps as a royalist spy during the English Civil War. He later felt that the royal family, that is Charles II |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Frances Lady Norton | Frances Freke married George Norton
of Abbots Leigh in North Somerset (a house which was famous for having sheltered the disguised fugitive future Charles II
in autumn 1651 after the battle of Worcester). The date... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Lady Lucy Herbert | Lady Powis
, mother of two future writers (Lucy
and Winifred
, then about ten and seven), joined her husband
in the Tower of London, on a charge of Roman Catholic plotting against... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Dorothy Sidney Countess of Sunderland | |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth (Cavendish) Egerton Countess of Bridgewater | Of the ten children borne by Elizabeth (both as Lady Brackley and as Lady Bridgewater), seven outlived her although only four seem to have lived long enough to reach modern records: John
, born on... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Lady Lucy Herbert | Lucy's father, William Herbert
, owned estates in Wales and the Welsh marches, although much of the family's large properties had been forfeited after they fought for the monarchy in the English Civil War... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth (Cavendish) Egerton Countess of Bridgewater | Lionel Cranfield, third Earl of Middlesex
, challenged Lord Bridgewater (who had just been appointed guardian of his niece) to a duel in deliberately insulting language—Billingsgate dialect, Bridgewater called it, from the notoriously... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Laetitia Pilkington | LP
was proud of her mother's descent from Colonel William Meade
(her own great-grandfather), who fought for Charles II
in the Civil War. Pilkington, Laetitia. Memoirs of Laetitia Pilkington. Editor Elias, A. C., Jr, University of Georgia Press, 1997, 2 vols. 2: 363 |
Timeline
August 1651: Christopher Love, a clergyman, was executed...
National or international item
August 1651
Christopher Love
, a clergyman, was executed by order of Parliament
for disobeying its dictates, in spite of the campaign of petitions organized by his wife, Mary
.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
3 September 1651: Royalist hopes of a military victory were...
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3 September 1651
Royalist hopes of a military victory were finally crushed by defeat at the battle of Worcester; the future Charles II
became a fugitive.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 25th ed., Akademische Druck, 1966.
476
Philips, Katherine. Collected Works. Editors Thomas, Patrick et al., Stump Cross Books, 1990–1993, 3 vols.
1: 82
25 May 1659: Richard Cromwell (who had succeeded his father...
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25 May 1659
Richard Cromwell
(who had succeeded his father as Lord Protector the previous year) resigned, leaving the way clear for negotiation with Charles II
about restoration to the throne.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
425
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
187
May 1660: John Dryden published Astræa Redux, a poem...
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May 1660
John Dryden
published Astræa Redux, a poem of welcome to the returning Charles II
; he followed it with other monarchist poems.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
8 May 1660: Charles II was officially proclaimed king,...
National or international item
8 May 1660
Charles II
was officially proclaimed king, in London.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
405
29 May 1660: Charles II entered London as the restored...
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29 May 1660
Charles II
entered London as the restored king; the date became one of annual celebration for royalists.
Miles, Peter. “’Humphry Clinker’: the politics of correspondence”. Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
23
, No. 2, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 2000, pp. 167-82. 167
6 July 1660: Charles II revived the old practice of touching...
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6 July 1660
Charles II
revived the old practice of touching for the evil: professing to cure scrofula by a ceremonious royal touch.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
408
21 August 1660: Charles II issued patents to Sir William...
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21 August 1660
Charles II
issued patents to Sir William Davenant
and Thomas Killigrew
to open separate theatre companies in London.
The London Stage 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press, 1960–1968, 5 vols.
1: 15
Sutherland, James. English Literature of the Late Seventeenth Century. Clarendon Press, 1969.
32
25 September 1660: Samuel Pepys drank his first cup of tee (a...
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25 September 1660
Samuel Pepys
drank his first cup of tee [sic] (a China drink), which had been arriving in England via Holland for a few years. (Coffee had been established in England for a decade or so...
7 October 1660: News reached the British royal household...
National or international item
7 October 1660
News reached the British royal household of a marriage that was to become dynastically significant: that of the king
's brother (later James II
) with the commoner Anne Hyde
, daughter of Lord Clarendon
.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
411-12
Between 14 and 17 October 1660: A group of those associated with the execution...
National or international item
Between 14 and 17 October 1660
A group of those associated with the execution of Charles I
(several of the almost sixty Regicides who in various official capacities had signed his death-warrant, and others) were executed by hanging.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
412
18 December 1660: The Royal Adventurers (later the Royal African...
National or international item
18 December 1660
The Royal Adventurers (later the Royal African Company
) was founded under the personal patronage of Charles II
and James II
; this represented Britain's active engagement with the slave trade.
Steinberg, Sigfrid Henry. Historical Tables: 58 BC-AD 1985. 11th ed., Garland Publishing, 1986.
146, 148, 150
Behn, Aphra. “Editorial Materials”. Oroonoko, edited by Joanna Lipking, W. W. Norton, 1997, p. Various pages.
80-1
1661: John Evelyn published a pamphlet entitled...
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1661
John Evelyn
published a pamphlet entitled Fumifugium: or, The Inconvenience of the Aer and Smoake of London Dissipated; a reprint by the National Smoke Abatement Society
in 1933 has an introduction by Rose Macaulay
.
English Short Title Catalogue. http://estc.bl.uk/.
January 1661: Fifth Monarchists (who expected the Second...
National or international item
January 1661
Fifth Monarchists
(who expected the Second Coming and political rule of Christ, and had opposed the Cromwell
ian government too) staged an uprising against the new king, Charles II
.
Fox, George, 1624 - 1691. The Journal. Editor Smith, Nigel, Penguin, 1998.
294 and n1
23 April 1661: Charles II was crowned in Westminster Abbey,...
National or international item
23 April 1661
Charles II
was crowned in Westminster Abbey, nearly a year after his restoration. Popular rejoicing followed.
Evelyn, John. The Diary of John Evelyn. Editor De Beer, Esmond Samuel, Oxford University Press, 1959.
419-22
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