Restoration

The Restoration: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Turning points1662: Restoration tragedy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

People flee to boats on the River Thames to escape the Great Fire of London, September 1666.

Coffee, plague and the Great Fire: the pleasures and perils of living in Restoration London

A portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots. (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

12 facts about the Stuarts

A portrait of actress Nell Gwynn, longtime mistress to King Charles II.

From Nell to Meghan: 10 romances between actors and royals

Civil wars and Restoration England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Charles II, by 17th-century painter John Michael Wright

History explorer: The Restoration. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine

Rebranding Rule: The Restoration and Revolution Monarchy, 1660-1715

Paper talk: a newspaper's take on the Restoration

A portrait of Charles II wearing the robes of the Order of the Garter. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Charles II: the people’s prince. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The procession of Charles II between the Tower of London and Westminster on the eve of his coronation. Painting by the Dutch painter and etcher Dirk Stoop (c1610-c1685). (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Where history happened: The Restoration. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Restoration plus Britain's relationship with chocolate. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.