Century of chaos: people & power in the 1600s
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The Problem With the Monarchy in the Modern Era
For monarchy to survive into a more modern context, it has to be set apart from politics. Charles II basically sort of says, right, I am going to nail myself to the Tory cause. He politically outmaneuvers the Whigs. By 1685, what was a universal monarchy had become a Tory monarchy,. And then of course, James II makes a complete hash of that by alienating the Tories as well.
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