London and the Restoration, 1659}}}1683 [Paperback]

London and the Restoration integrates the history of the kingdom with that of its premier locality in the era of Dryden and Locke.London and the Restoration provides a comprehensive study of the political and religious conflicts of the reign of Charles II and of the role of London citizens in them. It examines the emergence of Protestant dissent from the Church of England, and it examines how dissenters and their ideas challenged Restoration institutions. It presents liberty of conscience as the greatest political issue of the Restoration; and it explains how the contest between dissenters and Anglicans contributed to the development of parties in 1679-83 and unsettled the nation.London and the Restoration provides a comprehensive study of the political and religious conflicts of the reign of Charles II and of the role of London citizens in them. It examines the emergence of Protestant dissent from the Church of England, and it examines how dissenters and their ideas challenged Restoration institutions. It presents liberty of conscience as the greatest political issue of the Restoration; and it explains how the contest between dissenters and Anglicans contributed to the development of parties in 1679-83 and unsettled the nation.This comprehensive study of political and religious conflicts examines the challenge to Restoration institutions by Protestant dissent in the London of Charles II's reign. It presents liberty of conscience as the greatest political issue of the Restoration and explains how the contest between dissenters and Anglicans contributed to the development of parties in 1679-83 that unsettled the nation.List of figures; Map; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Part I. Crisis, 165960: Introduction to parts one and two: London and the nation; 1. London and the origins of the Restoration, 165960; Part II. Settlement and Unsettlement, 166079: 2. The Restoration settlement and an unsettled city, 166070; 3. Protestant dissent and the emelSv