BBC History - The Life & Times Of The Stuarts 2016_
T he clothes people wear matter a great deal in the 21st century. Choosing an outfit for a job interview or a first date require ...
Stuart life / Dressing to impress 82 neighbours were quick to take notice and asked her where she was going. Women also dressed ...
FASHION BLUNDERS OF THE 17TH CENTURY Deciding on an outfit required considerable care to avoid a fashion faux pas Looking like a ...
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THE PEOPLE’S PRINCE Jenny Uglow considers how Charles II used charm, spin and some good old-fashioned pomp and circumstance to w ...
BRIDGEMAN IMAGES Sir Peter Lely’s portrait of King Charles II wearing the robes of the Sovereign of the Order of the Garter, c16 ...
Catherine of Braganza, who married Charles in 1662 “It was reported that an old woman in the crowd spat, and shouted: ‘A pox on ...
A 1684 engraving from John Browne Basillion showing Charles II ‘curing’ scrofula by laying his hands on the sufferers THE ART AR ...
DID CHARLES BELIEVE HIS OWN SPIN? Following years in exile, Charles’s return to England was a triumph, thanks to much hype and a ...
Jenny Uglow is an award-winning biographer. She is the author of A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration (Faber, 2009) “C ...
Restoration and revolution / Paper talk O ver its many Radio 4 series, Peter Snow’s Random Edition has explored stories of all k ...
Andrew Green was producer of Random Edition on BBC Radio 4, in which the stories were taken from archive newspapers Jacobus Houb ...
THE EXILED KING GETTY IMAGES, ALAMY Revolution and restoration / The exiled king 94 T he ‘Merry Monarch’, Charles II, had done m ...
95 James II and VII was king of England from 1685-1688 before he was forced into exile. But the former king never gave up hope o ...
GETTY IMAGES “Although William and Mary had taken the throne without contest, James and his heirs would inspire a romantic loyal ...
Far from being extinguished by the death of James II, the Jacobite cause seemed to have been given fresh impetus. Its focus now ...
History describes the overthrow of James II and VII by William of Orange as peaceful. But Edward Vallance explains how bloodshed ...
By invitation only: William and Mary came at the request of English peers – and ended up on the throne ...
Restoration and revolution / Revolution the cornerstone of the Whig interpretation of English history. According to this traditi ...
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