The Restoration of the Royal Society

It is a terrifically interesting period. The royal society is established in 16 60 as a vehicle for scientific discovery. Unstable politics make for good drama. And you can sort of track a the restoration straits nervousness by the types of plays, like shakespeare's richard the second, that it chooses at particular junctures to ban. A b, with with the restoration of the monarchy comes the reopening of the tres, the re establishment of maypoles. All a restoration drama.