447 The Exclusion Brouhaha
From The History of England by David Crowther
May 17, 2026 · 47 min · Season 9 · Episode 15
About this episode
The episode discusses Shaftesbury's campaign in the late 17th century to influence Charles II to call a new parliament amidst the Exclusion Crisis.
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 exlusionist movement which could be brought to bear. But Charles would learn a different lesson, and at Oxford in 1681, would start his own campaign. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: David Crowther
Topics covered
- Exclusion Crisis
- Parliament
- Political Campaigns
- Popular Opinion
- Charles II
- Shaftesbury
Keywords
- Shaftesbury
- Charles II
- Exclusion Crisis
- 1680
- 1681
- Oxford
- political campaigns
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Oxford
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