Dr Clare Jackson

Dr Clare Jackson is a historian and senior tutor at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge. Her books include 'Charles II: The Star King' (Allen Lane, 2016) and 'Devil-Land: England Under Siege, 1588–1688' (Allen Lane, 2021)

Dr Clare Jackson (Photo by Caroline Mardon)

Clare Jackson on the Restoration“Radical ideas that had been preached and published could not be unthought”

Coronation portrait of Charles II after his crowning at Westminster Abbey on 23 April 1661 (Image by Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo)

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An illustration of the Great Fire of London, c1675. St Paul's Cathedral is seen in flames (Photo by Museum of London/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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A portrait of Charles II sitting on a throne

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