Charles Ii, Exile, and the Problem of Allegiance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8958235 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicole Greenspan (0009-0005-5652-2443, Hampden–Sydney College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 73-103 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x10000440 |
| OpenAlex | W2060278131 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
Following the execution of his father Charles I in January 1649, the exiled king Charles II pursued various political, military, and diplomatic strategies to recover his kingdoms. Proclaimed king of Ireland and Scotland, Charles II adopted the traditional view of monarch–subject relations and expected the loyalty of his subjects and their devotion to his restoration. The recent experiences of war and regicide, however, had changed the ways in which Irish and Scottish subjects determined the nature and degree of allegiance owed to the king. In Ireland and Scotland, subjects placed their own interests above the royalist cause. Tensions in Ireland among Catholics and between Catholics and Protestants tested the bonds of loyalty to Charles II, and Scottish Covenanters circumscribed the king's authority and imposed strict conditions upon their political and military support. Moreover, Charles II's position of exile exacerbated existing tensions within his kingdoms. While Charles I experienced the withdrawal of his subjects' allegiance and strove to recover that loyalty, as an exiled king Charles II struggled to gain the allegiance of his kingdoms and to secure loyalty in the face of religious tension, geographic distance, failing war efforts, and conflicting interests among his subjects
Allegiance · Ancient history · Irish · Kingdom · Loyalty · Political science · Politics · Royalist · Subject (documents · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Scottish History and National Identity
Loyalty and the Law
Doing No Wrong
The Confederate Catholics of Ireland
Conflicting Loyalties, Conflicted Rebels
Ireland's Puritan Revolution? The Emergence of Ulster Presbyterianism Reconsidered
Loyalty, Religion and State Power in Early Modern England
Oaths, Casuistry, and Equivocation
The Cruell Pressure of an Enraged, Barbarous People’
The Duke of Lorraine and the International Struggle for Ireland, 1649–1653
The Structure of the Royalist Party, 1642–1646
The Implications of Royalist Politics, 1642–1646
The Royalist Council of War, 1642-6
Ormond's alternative
Thinking about Allegiance in the English Civil War
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2011 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |