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447 The Exclusion Brouhaha

The History of England by David Crowther

May 17, 202646:58Society & Culture

In 1680 and 1681, Shaftesbury led an increasingly shrill and effective campaign, asppeling to popular opinion to force Charles into calling a new parliament. There he could be forced to learn about the power of the exlus...

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