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The 37 pages that link to Stuart Restoration, each with the reason it gives.

• Royal SocietyRelated: The Society received its royal charter during the Restoration.

• English Civil WarBroader topic: The monarchy’s return followed the collapse of the republican regimes established after the wars.

• Charles I of EnglandRelated: Charles's son regained the throne eleven years after his father's execution.

• Charles II of EnglandBroader topic: This event began Charles’s reign in England and restored the Stuart dynasty.

• Oliver CromwellCompared with: The Restoration reversed the political order Cromwell had helped establish.

• The ProtectorateRelated: It ended the Protectorate and reversed its republican settlement.

• John DrydenRelated: The restored court created the political world in which Dryden won patronage and public prominence.

• Navigation ActsRelated: The restored monarchy enacted a new, broader program of colonial trade regulation.

• Commonwealth of EnglandCompared with: It reversed the Commonwealth’s constitutional experiment and restored kingship.

• Paradise LostRelated: Milton wrote the poem after the political cause he had served was defeated.

• Restoration theatreNarrower topic: The restored court authorized the commercial theaters that gave the period its name.

• Long ParliamentRelated: The Long Parliament arranged its dissolution after facilitating the monarchy’s return.

• Aphra BehnNarrower topic: Behn’s professional writing career unfolded under the restored monarchy.

• Heroic coupletRelated: The theatrical and literary culture of this period helped Dryden popularize the form.

• Christopher WrenNarrower topic: Wren’s career unfolded amid the renewed royal patronage and rebuilding of Restoration England.

• John BunyanRelated: The restored regime tightened restrictions on dissenting worship and led to Bunyan’s imprisonment.

• Restoration literatureNarrower topic: Its political settlement marks the period in which Restoration literature developed.

• Second Anglo-Dutch WarRelated: The restored monarchy inherited and intensified England’s competition with Dutch maritime trade.

• Thomas FairfaxRelated: Fairfax supported restoring the monarchy, a political turn consistent with his opposition to regicide.

• Exclusion CrisisNarrower topic: The restored monarchy left unresolved tensions over religion, royal authority, and succession.

• Royal African CompanyNarrower topic: The company’s founding belonged to the renewed royal sponsorship of overseas commerce.

• Popish PlotNarrower topic: The plot emerged amid unresolved religious and political tensions after the monarchy’s restoration.

• Prince Rupert of the RhineRelated: The Restoration reopened public office and naval command to Rupert after years abroad.

• Test ActNarrower topic: The Test Acts emerged from the restored monarchy’s efforts to secure the established church.

• Wars of the Three KingdomsRelated: It ended the revolutionary regime that emerged from the wars without resolving every religious dispute.

• Henry OldenburgRelated: The restored court chartered the Royal Society, where Oldenburg became secretary.

• Henry PurcellRelated: The Restoration renewed court and theatrical musical institutions during Purcell’s lifetime.

• Abraham CowleyRelated: Cowley returned to England at the Restoration and received recognition from the restored court.

• Battle of WorcesterRelated: Charles’s survival after Worcester made the eventual restoration of the monarchy possible.

• PuritansRelated: Restoration policies reversed Puritan-era changes and renewed pressure on dissenting Protestants.

• Barbara PalmerNarrower topic: The restored monarchy created the court in which Palmer acquired exceptional access and influence.

• Execution of Charles I of EnglandRelated: The Restoration reversed the political settlement created after Charles I’s death.

• John ChurchillNarrower topic: Churchill began his military and court career in the restored monarchy.

• John WilmotNarrower topic: The restored monarchy created the courtly environment in which Rochester rose to prominence.

• Kathleen WinsorBroader topic: It supplied the historical era Winsor researched and dramatized.

• Susanna CentlivreNarrower topic: Centlivre’s early life and theatrical inheritance were shaped by the culture that followed the Restoration.

• Thomas TompionNarrower topic: Tompion’s career developed amid renewed royal patronage of science and instruments.