RESTORATION

Restoration

The Restoration of the English monarchy began when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. The term Restoration is used to describe both the actual event by which the monarchy was restored, and the period of several years afterwards in which a new political settlement was established. It is very often used to cover the whole reign of Charles II and often the brief reign of his younger brother James II . In certain contexts it may be used to cover the whole period of the later Stuart monarchs as far as the death of Queen Anne and the accession of the ...

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restoration

Noun

  1. the process of bringing an object back to its original state; the process of restoring something
    The restoration of this painting will take years.
    The restoration of this medieval church involved undoing all the Victorian modifications.
  2. the return of a former monarchy or monarch to power, usually after having been forced to step down
    The restoration of the House of Stuart took place a few years after the death of Cromwell.


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