| Restoration England 1660s Contributor(s): Keeble, N. H. (Author), Keeble (Author) |
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ISBN: 0631236171 ISBN-13: 9780631236177 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons OUR PRICE: $60.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2002 Annotation: The restoration of the monarchy in 1660 and the return of Charles II to his throne have often been depicted as a watershed in English history, inaugurating a period of stability following the upheavals and radicalism of the Civil War, the Republic and the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. N. H. Keeble's study challenges this portrayal of events, arguing that the Restoration was in fact tentative and insecure, unsure either of its popular support or its future. Keeble's cultural history of the 1660s offers a multi-faceted and dynamic model of the decade. Drawing extensively on contemporary accounts, the author reveals that for those who lived through them, the events of 1660 carried no sense of finality or assurance of a new age. By representing the voices of the time, his account restores contingency, instability and insecurity to the Restoration and demonstrates that the 1660s were no less complex or exciting than the revolutionary years that preceded them. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Modern - 17th Century - History | Modern - 18th Century |
| Dewey: 941.066 |
| LCCN: 200200198- |
| Series: History of Early Modern England |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.82" W x 8.54" (0.96 lbs) 292 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This cultural history challenges the standard depiction of the 1660s as the beginning of a new age of stability, demonstrating that the decade following the Restoration was just as complex and exciting as the revolutionary years that preceded it. |