7 The Restoration and beyond
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Samuel Fullerton
Abstract
This short chapter narrates the upheavals that led to Charles II’s return in May 1660 and then turns to the sexual culture of Restoration England. In nearly every instance, it argues – from the politics of promiscuity championed by the new regime to the anti-popish attacks on court debauchery that issued from its godly critics – the influence of mid-century sexual politics loomed large. Beginning with an analysis of the ‘Rump’ satires of 1659/60 and ending with the post-Reformation polemics of the Popish Plot, the chapter narrates the manifold connections linking the sexual polemics of revolutionary and Restoration England – and beyond.
Abstract
This short chapter narrates the upheavals that led to Charles II’s return in May 1660 and then turns to the sexual culture of Restoration England. In nearly every instance, it argues – from the politics of promiscuity championed by the new regime to the anti-popish attacks on court debauchery that issued from its godly critics – the influence of mid-century sexual politics loomed large. Beginning with an analysis of the ‘Rump’ satires of 1659/60 and ending with the post-Reformation polemics of the Popish Plot, the chapter narrates the manifold connections linking the sexual polemics of revolutionary and Restoration England – and beyond.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vi
- Acknowledgements vii
- List of abbreviations ix
- Introduction 1
- 1 Sexual satire and partisan identity, 1637–42 29
- 2 Mobilisation, escalation and sexual polemic, 1642–46 69
- 3 Toleration and its discontents, 1646–48 106
- 4 The porno-politics of regicide, 1648–51 147
- 5 Contesting reformation, 1649–53 187
- 6 Discipline and debauchery, 1654–59 226
- 7 The Restoration and beyond 265
- Conclusion 279
- Bibliography of archival sources 289
- Index 296
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vi
- Acknowledgements vii
- List of abbreviations ix
- Introduction 1
- 1 Sexual satire and partisan identity, 1637–42 29
- 2 Mobilisation, escalation and sexual polemic, 1642–46 69
- 3 Toleration and its discontents, 1646–48 106
- 4 The porno-politics of regicide, 1648–51 147
- 5 Contesting reformation, 1649–53 187
- 6 Discipline and debauchery, 1654–59 226
- 7 The Restoration and beyond 265
- Conclusion 279
- Bibliography of archival sources 289
- Index 296
