Charles Foreign Policy
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- Created on: 03-06-15 10:18
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- Charles' Foreign Policy
- Anglo Dutch- Failure
- Second and Third Anglo-Dutch war were a complete failure; wrought with symbolism
- Following 2nd was the Great Fire of London in 1666 and Plague which Seaward indicates represented a turn in the regime
- Miller; Charles court was 'frivolous, promiscuous'
- Royal Charles taken as prize
- Following 2nd was the Great Fire of London in 1666 and Plague which Seaward indicates represented a turn in the regime
- Much harsher 1660 Navigation Act and 1663 Staple Act
- Second and Third Anglo-Dutch war were a complete failure; wrought with symbolism
- France- relative success
- 1670- Treaty of Breda secured £40,000 and £115,000
- Allowed Charles to bypass Parliament
- But provoked paranoia and anti-Catholicism; fear of Louis XIV's 'universal monarchy'
- Allowed Charles to bypass Parliament
- 1670- Treaty of Breda secured £40,000 and £115,000
- Spurr; from 1670's Charles became a 'french client'
- Hill; relations with France reflected his true beliefs
- Harris; 'inglorious' compared to Cromwell
- Anglo Dutch- Failure
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