This is the first comprehensive study of the House of Lords in the reign of Charles II. It examines the House's institutional and political activities, and reveals the vital role played by the peerage in Caroline parliaments.
Andrew Swatland draws on an extensive range of sources to analyse the membership and procedural developments of the House of Lords, relating these to legislative, judicial and political issues in Restoration England. He sheds light on the Lords' relations with the king and the Commons, and assesses the contribution made by peers and bishops to the Restoration church settlement.
He also describes the emergence of political parties, reinterpreting 'Toryism' and 'Whiggism' during the succession crisis of 1679-81. This detailed and balanced study is both a major institutional history and an important contribution to the history of Restoration politics and political culture.
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House of Lords in the Reign of Charles II
2011, Cambridge University Press
in English
0511835531 9780511835537
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House of Lords in the Reign of Charles II
2009, Cambridge University Press
in English
0511560834 9780511560835
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The House of Lords in the reign of Charles II
1996, Cambridge University Press
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