Download or read book The House of Lords in the Reign of Charles II written by Andrew Swatland and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-08-29 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive study of the House of Lords in the reign of Charles II. It examines the House's institutional and political activities, and reveals the vital role played by the peerage in Caroline parliaments. Andrew Swatland also describes the emergence of political parties, reinterpreting the origins of "Toryism" and "Whiggism". This detailed and balanced study is both a major institutional history and an important contribution to the history of Restoration politics and political culture.