. A history of mediaeval and modern Europe for secondary schools. t with stubborn resistance. TheChurch of England party, ultra-loyal in its professions, andcontrolling his Parliaments, was even more anti-Catholic thanit was anti-Puritan; and a large fraction of it presently came to regard the kings policies withextreme suspicion. Charles waswithout a legitimate heir, and hissuccessor seemed likely to be hisbrother, James, Duke of York,who with greater courage thanCharles was an avowed last twelve years of the reignwere consumed in an ineffectualattempt to force through Parlia-men
. A history of mediaeval and modern Europe for secondary schools. t with stubborn resistance. TheChurch of England party, ultra-loyal in its professions, andcontrolling his Parliaments, was even more anti-Catholic thanit was anti-Puritan; and a large fraction of it presently came to regard the kings policies withextreme suspicion. Charles waswithout a legitimate heir, and hissuccessor seemed likely to be hisbrother, James, Duke of York,who with greater courage thanCharles was an avowed last twelve years of the reignwere consumed in an ineffectualattempt to force through Parlia-ment a law excluding James fromthe succession. Charles permit-ted the enactment of the Test Act(1673) which effectually barredall Catholics from public office;he permitted the Catholics to be persecuted for pretended plotsagainst his own authority; many innocent men lost their liveswithout the king risking his position to save them, but he atleast stood firm against the attempt to cut off James from thecrown. Charles dissolved his last Parliament in 1681, after it. COSTUMES OF GENTLEMENABOUT 1673 THE LATER STUARTS IN ENGLAND 325 had begun to show the same fiery spirit of its predecessorsunder his father, and for the last four years of his reign hereigned with quasi absolute authority;1 and the difficult ad-justment of the relations between the Crown and the peoplewas reserved for his successors. In 1685, this handsome, witty,profligate man died, and three years later England underwenther second great 185. James II (1685-88): his character and aims. James II,the second son of Charles I, was decidedly unlike his clever courtier who knew both well asserted, Charles coulddo good if he would: James would do good if he could! Hisprivate character was by no means of the best, but it was supe-rior to that of Charles II. He is described as a man of infiniteindustry and gravity, and great understanding, and of a mostsincere and honest nature. He was, however, utterly
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