 | GenghisTheHun (177)
03/01/2007 | Chuck was jolly and wily and kept it all together. The English owe a lot to him for preserving the country. He also showed lots of grit in being able to keep going after all those years of exile and penury.
Many other men would have given up long before.
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 | mebchicago (0)
04/05/2005 | Resilient, was a patron of art and culture, and certainly knew how to have a good time. Did a good job in papering over religious and political tensions in post-Cromwell England -- a uniter, not a divider.
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 | Redoedo (41)
02/22/2004 | When Charles ascended to the throne, the power of the monarchy had been largely limited by Parliament. He was largely effective in his desire to cooperate with Parliament. Although somewhat neglegent in the area of foreign affairs, Charles II did manage to form a short-term alliance with France and ward off threats from the Dutch. His greatest legacy, however, was restoring domestic peace and tranquility to the English social and political system and bringing about a period of ultimate economic and social prosperity that would follow his reign.
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