Audience, playhouse and play in Restoration theatre, 1660-1710 by Botica, A, Allan Richard Botica

“…<p>This thesis addresses three aspects of the relationship between audience, playhouse and play in Restoration theatre from 1660 to 1710. It provides a comprehensive account of the composition of the Restoration audience, an examination of the effect this group of men and women had upon the plays they attended and an account of the ways in which the plays and playhouses of the Restoration touched the lives of London's inhabitants.…”

Gold for secrets: the Hartlib Circle and the early English empire, 1630-1660 by Miller, TE

“…In order to properly address the full extent of the participation of Hartlib and his network in English imperialism, the thesis draws on approaches in the history of science and imperial history to examine four Atlantic English colonial regions during the period 1630-1660. As a result, this thesis reveals for the first time Hartlib’s extensive participation in efforts to use empirical practical methods to improve Ireland, New England, Virginia, and the West Indies from the reign of Charles I, through the civil wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate, and to the Restoration. …”

'The King's Irishmen': the roles, impact and experiences of the Irish in the exiled court of Charles II, 1649-1660 by Williams, M, Mark R F Williams

The fifth monarchy men by Capp, B, Capp, Bernard

“…After tha Restoration, the movement gradually split into two parts. …”

A reassessment of the significance of the life and work of George Savile 1st Marquis of Halifax, 1633-95 by Barbour-Mercer, C

The impact of the Reformation on the building and repair of churches in archdeaconry of the East Riding, 1547-1730 by Otton-Goulder, C

Early Quaker activity and reactions to it, 1652-1664 by Reay, B

“…Fear and hatred of Quakers had clear political repercussions, contributing in part, in 1659, to the reaction that ended in the restoration of the Stuarts. Finally, it is argued that before 1660 the Quakers were not consistent pacifists and did not abstain from politics; that after 1660 the famous peace testimony was slower in developing and less universally accepted than most historians have assumed. …”

Doctrinal controversies of English particular Baptists (1644-1691) as illustrated by the career and writings of Thomas Collier by Land, R

“…</p><p>Collier's writings and career reveal surprising willingness to embrace heterodox theological positions by Particular Baptist standards, especially in the late 1640s and after 1660. In the early period of his career he was enaroured of an allegorical, spiritualizing method of biblical interpretation and after 1660 he became increasingly hostile to limited atonement and election.…”

The concept of discipline by White, E

“…Although written long after this period, the long poetry that Milton composed after the Restoration reveals his continued interrogation of the concept. …”

The response to Horace in the seventeenth century by Martindale, J, Martindale, Joanna

“…The main focus is on the influence of Horace's <em>Odes</em> on lyric poetry. For the period 1600-1660, four authors are discussed in detail, Ben Jonson, Herrick, Marvell and Cowley. …”

The motives, pattern and form of Anglo-Ottoman diplomatic relations, c. 1580-1661 by Saunders, L, Liane Saunders

“…I explore the development of the English embassy at Constantinople from its vulnerable first years through its growth in prestige during the 1620s and 1630s, to the zenith of its influence in the 1660s before the French began to dominate diplomatic business at the Porte.…”