Upon his accession, Charles II set about ushering in England’s great Restoration Era — what Rosen calls “the merry old England of bawdy theaters, wenches, witty playwrights, horse racing ...

A historic document signed by King Charles II, which helped complete the restoration of the British monarchy after the English Civil War, is up for auction and expected to fetch up to £600,000 ...

A biography of Charles II, the Restoration monarch, that resonates in the present. ... It’s a great story: The boy king, in exile after his father’s execution in a populist uprising, ...

On his 30th birthday, May 29th 1660, King Charles II entered London in triumph. ... Charles I, in 1649. The restoration of the monarchy was met with widespread popular rejoicing, ...

Charles II was crowned King of England on April 23, 1661, officially marking the restoration of the monarchy following a period of republican rule under Oliver and Richard Cromwell. The king’s ...