Cox, Michael, editor. The Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press.
King Charles II
Standard Name: Charles II, King
Used Form: Charles the Second
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Production | Ephelia | The mysterious poet Ephelia
first reached public notice when she produced (besides an anonymous verse eulogy addressed to Charles II
on the Popish Plot) a play, The Pair-Royal of Coxcombs, from which only... |
| Textual Production | Ephelia | Roger L'Estrange
, recently appointed Royal Licenser, approved the 2-column broadside eulogy A Poem to His Sacred Majesty
, on the Plot, which was printed as Written by a Gentlewoman: that is, by Ephelia
. |
| Publishing | Ephelia | The initial letter H (Hail Mighty Prince!) in the 1679 reprint is rendered by a woodcut ornament or factotum with portraits of two crowned figures, one of each sex, with the royal rose... |
| Textual Features | Ephelia | Its tone of hyperbolical praise for the monarchy is set by the opening couplet: Hail Mighty Prince! whom Providence design'd / To be the chief delight of Human Kind. Ephelia,. A Poem to His Sacred Majesty, on the Plot. Henry Brome. |
| politics | Margaret Fell | MF
, on her first visit to London, presented the earliest formal Quaker
peace testimony to Charles II
, whom she went on to visit several times more. Kunze, Bonnelyn Young. Margaret Fell and the Rise of Quakerism. Macmillan. 136-7 Mack, Phyllis. Visionary Women: Ecstatic Prophecy in Seventeenth-Century England. University of California Press. 220 |
| Textual Production | Margaret Fell | |
| Textual Production | Margaret Fell | MF
printed her Letter sent to the King (together with a Paper written unto the Magistrates in 1664, which was then printed, and should have been Dispersed but was Prevented by Wicked Hands). OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. |
| politics | Margaret Fell | In organising the Fund she was interested in promoting social cohesion among Quakers as well as relieving hardship. Kunze, Bonnelyn Young. Margaret Fell and the Rise of Quakerism. Macmillan. 87 |
| Travel | Margaret Fell | In summer 1663 MF
made a thousand-mile journey around the west (from Bristol through Somerset, Devon, and Dorset, then north and through Yorkshire, Northumberland, and Westmorland); five years later... |
| Publishing | Margaret Fell | |
| Publishing | Margaret Fell | MF
dated her Letter 6 June. Fell, Margaret. A Brief Collection of Remarkable Passages. J. Sowle. 325 OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. Kunze
gives its title as Epistle to Charles II, August 1666. Kunze, Bonnelyn Young. Margaret Fell and the Rise of Quakerism. Macmillan. xiii |
| Publishing | Margaret Fell | Around January 1685 (she says both that she was in her seventieth year and that Charles II was very close to his death) she travelled again to London bearing a paper for the king which... |
| Textual Production | Anne Finch | |
| 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... |
| Textual Production | Antonia Fraser | Having in a sense revisited the Mary, Queen of Scots story here, she revisited Cromwell in the same ghostly manner in King Charles II, published in early September 1978 (written, she said, therapeutically while... |
Timeline
November 1681: John Dryden published his political satire...
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November 1681
John Dryden
published his political satireAbsalom and Achitophel, at Charles II
's personal suggestion, just a week before the first Earl of Shaftesbury
's trial for treason.
22 March 1683: A fire at the racing centre of Newmarket...
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22 March 1683
A fire at the racing centre of Newmarket preserved the lives of Charles II
and his brother
; by leaving early for London they avoided a planned assassination.
13 July 1683: William, Lord Russell (husband of the letter-writer...
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13 July 1683
William, Lord Russell
(husband of the letter-writer Lady Rachel
), stood trial for High Treason, accused of planning to assassinate the king
in an alleged Protestant Plot.
30 January 1685: John Evelyn observed Charles II, a week before...
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30 January 1685
John Evelyn
observed Charles II
, a week before he died, sitting and toying with three of his mistresses, listening to a french boy singing love songs, while courtiers played basset (a card game) for...
6 February 1685: King Charles II died and his brother James...
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6 February 1685
King Charles II
died and his brother James II
(who was also James VII of Scotland) assumed the throne.
6 July 1685: The Duke of Monmouth's Rebellion, aimed at...
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6 July 1685
The Duke of Monmouth
's Rebellion, aimed at getting possession of the throne, ended in defeat at Sedgemoor in Somerset, with much loss of life.
February 1689 to October 1791: The Williamite War was waged in Ireland between...
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February 1689 to October 1791
The Williamite War was waged in Ireland between supporters of the deposed James II
(who landed at Kinsale on 12 March 1689 with substantial French forces) and supporters of William of Orange
(who had assumed...
April 1698: Jeremy Collier published his Short View of...
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April 1698
Jeremy Collier
published his Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage, a book in heavy-handed pamphlet style with exaggerated typography.
1702-1704: The History of the Rebellion by Edward Hyde,...
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1702-1704
The History of the Rebellion by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
, was posthumously published.
8 March 1702: King William III died and Queen Anne assumed...
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8 March 1702
King William III
died and Queen Anne
assumed the throne; she was crowned on 23 April, which was Charles II
's coronation day as well as St George's Day.
Between March 1844 and August 1845: The hugely prolific Alexandre Dumas published...
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Between March 1844 and August 1845
The hugely prolific Alexandre Dumas
published not only his best-known novel, The Three Musketeers, but also The Count of Monte-Cristo, Twenty Years After, and La Reine Margot.
Mid-March 2009: The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, a home for British...
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Mid-March 2009
The Royal Hospital, Chelsea
, a home for British Army
veterans founded by Charles II
in 1682, admitted its two first female pensioners, Dorothy Hughes
and Winifred Phillips
, both in their eighties.
Texts
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