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Derogatory statements like "Whatever troubles or embarrassments affected him, he left the anxiety and care to his ministers and council and just enjoyed himself with his experiments, mistresses, dogs, and perpetual fun" need substantiation either by quotes from historical documents or reference to secondary literature. | Update: 6 January: the article still contains many mistakes: (1) grammar, (2) spelling, (3) facts. | ||
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- "The arrival of Charles II saw many people as a return to power to a great relief": Many people saw the arrival of Charles II as great relief | |||
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- "at the expanse of the country": at the expense of the country | |||
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- "the Roman church which stood in contrast to England": it is the Roman Catholic church which stood in contrast to the Church of England | |||
- "He now ruled as an absolute monarch without a parliament and only financed by Louis XIV": this is wrong. Absolutism is more than only ruling without parliament. Check out Unit 7 on British society and the influence of the aristocracy as substantiation that Great Britain was not an absolutist monarchy. | |||
- "Catherine of Braganza, for political reasons, he had no children with her as she was barren": first of all, the term "barren" is rather demeaning; secondly, Catherine of Braganza was pregnant several times, but miscarried. | |||
Corrections and emendations by Pankratz ignored and changed back to the faulty original. | |||
Derogatory statements like "Whatever troubles or embarrassments affected him, he left the anxiety and care to his ministers and council and just enjoyed himself with his experiments, mistresses, dogs, and perpetual fun" need substantiation either by quotes from historical documents or reference to secondary literature. | |||
"Charles got the nickname ‘Merry Monarch’ by Clarendon’ son, Laurence, First Lord of the Treasury": this is plagiarised from the website britishheritage.com and is confusing the Earls of Rochester (an indication that the author does not known their Restoration history properly and the site is a rather poor source). The Second Earl, John Wilmot, coined the phrase and "quipped, 'He never said a foolish thing and never did a wise one'" (https://britishheritage.com/history/charles-ii-restoration). Clarendon's son, Laurence Hyde, became Earl of Rochester later and he is not known as quipper. | |||
Latest revision as of 12:26, 6 January 2023
Update: 6 January: the article still contains many mistakes: (1) grammar, (2) spelling, (3) facts. For example:
(1)
- "The arrival of Charles II saw many people as a return to power to a great relief": Many people saw the arrival of Charles II as great relief
(2)
- "at the expanse of the country": at the expense of the country
(3) - "the Roman church which stood in contrast to England": it is the Roman Catholic church which stood in contrast to the Church of England
- "He now ruled as an absolute monarch without a parliament and only financed by Louis XIV": this is wrong. Absolutism is more than only ruling without parliament. Check out Unit 7 on British society and the influence of the aristocracy as substantiation that Great Britain was not an absolutist monarchy.
- "Catherine of Braganza, for political reasons, he had no children with her as she was barren": first of all, the term "barren" is rather demeaning; secondly, Catherine of Braganza was pregnant several times, but miscarried.
Corrections and emendations by Pankratz ignored and changed back to the faulty original.
Derogatory statements like "Whatever troubles or embarrassments affected him, he left the anxiety and care to his ministers and council and just enjoyed himself with his experiments, mistresses, dogs, and perpetual fun" need substantiation either by quotes from historical documents or reference to secondary literature.
"Charles got the nickname ‘Merry Monarch’ by Clarendon’ son, Laurence, First Lord of the Treasury": this is plagiarised from the website britishheritage.com and is confusing the Earls of Rochester (an indication that the author does not known their Restoration history properly and the site is a rather poor source). The Second Earl, John Wilmot, coined the phrase and "quipped, 'He never said a foolish thing and never did a wise one'" (https://britishheritage.com/history/charles-ii-restoration). Clarendon's son, Laurence Hyde, became Earl of Rochester later and he is not known as quipper.