ENGL 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Anglicanism, Protestantism, Public Culture
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Restoration backstory: 1642: civil war breaks out. Cromwell: lord protector : deposes king charles i, wanted parliament to run things now instead of monarchy, charles ii returns from france and becomes king, 1649: charles i executed. Charles ii ees to france: 1659: cromwell dies. No new system in place when he dies. Richard cromwell becomes the leader which people didn"t like; the heir thing was what they had abolished before. Government/people had to make a decision of what was going to happen next. Rewrite all of the laws so this doesn"t happen ever again. Laws are dated as when charles ii took over when his father charles i died; like the civil war just didn"t happen: 1660: charles ii is king. Act of oblivion people who took part in the civil war were forgiven; except those who were part of the execution of charles i.
