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The Restoration

Dr Clare Jackson (Photo by Caroline Mardon)
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Clare Jackson on the Restoration “Radical ideas that had been preached and published could not be unthought”

A c1642 portrait of a 12-year-old Charles, Prince of Wales, accompanied by a page, likely painted to commemorate his presence at the battle of Edgehill (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)
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Making of a monarch: how the young Charles II endured war, defeat and exile before the Restoration

The Royal Observatory, commissioned by Charles II in 1675, on a hill in Greenwich Park, London (Photo by: Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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Art, culture and science in the Restoration period

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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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Your ultimate guide to the Restoration period

An illustration of Charles II entering London on 29 May 1660 after the restoration of the monarchy (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)
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The Restoration period A timeline of key moments

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Part fourteen in our 20-part series looking at decisive moments of the last 1,000 years in British history explores 1650–1699. (Image by Getty Images)
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Turning points 1662: Restoration tragedy . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Charles II sitting on a throne
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Your guide to King Charles II, the ‘merry monarch’

Nell Gwyn was a mistress of King Charles II
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Nell Gywn The orange girl who became a king's mistress in Restoration England

People flee to boats on the River Thames to escape the Great Fire of London, September 1666.
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Coffee, plague and the Great Fire: the pleasures and perils of living in Restoration London

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Charles II and his parties
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Was Charles II too randy to rule?

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Linda Porter “You’ve got to be impressed by how these women played the system”

1651, Charles Prince of Wales (1630 - 1685) (later King Charles II of England) meets Sir Henry Lee near Oxford during the Civil War, while escaping after the Battle of Worcester.
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How Charles II put Britain back together after the Civil War

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