AG 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Long Parliament, Israel Tonge, Titus Oates
21 Jul 2020
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Was a different king form his father and cromwell. Some think that he was a hidden catholic like his father (even he was, he covered it up) He was out of money a lot of time. Moved to the netherlands where he kind of lived in poverty. Charles intention is to rule in a manner that creates a balance between the fractions of his kingdom: was smart that he couldn"t rule like his father and that he needed the parliament. He made or had to make compromises with the new parliament and accept. Edward hyde, 1st earl of clarendon was with charles in exile. Charles ruled relatively peacefully for the first 10 years. His marriage to a portuguese princess did not produce any legitimate children: charles didn"t have an heir, only from his mistresses (he gave them titles, charles was married to diana who was related to charles ii. And his present wife camilla is also related to charles ii.
