Simon Mattacks
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first heard Dec 2024
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There was a move towards individual liberties.
And the rights of the people.
Inadvertently.
Charles had also set the stage for England to become a constitutional monarchy.
To alleviate concerns of an overly Catholic royal family,
He'd agreed to a marriage between his niece Mary and
And the Protestant Dutch Prince.
William of Orange.
After Charles's death in sixteen eighty five, the
The crown passed to his brother James.
That after three disastrous years of open Catholicism and autocracy
James was forced to abdicate the throne.
He was replaced.
By his daughter Mary.
And her Dutch husband William.
Who invaded England?
Upon the invitation of the nobility.
In the so called glorious revolution.
Many had hoped that Charles would beckon in a new chapter after the turmoil of the decades before.
But while he did make steps forward, restoring stability and culture.
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