oct 23, 1662 - Catholic Influence on the kings court
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during the 1660s and the hole of Charles II Ryn there was a lot of catholic influence pushing channels options as his mother was famously a catholic and so was his brother James that was openly catholic ad failed the Test act because of it but also Charles was a secret catholic as well and did purposely surround himself with like-minded people
other people such as
Louis XVI - Lewis Charles's counsellor was seen to have had a lot of influence on Charles because Charles wanted to match the Frances monarchy system because the French monarchy had a lot more power over its Parliament at this time and Catholicism seemed to be a Factor because it as Louise rain had more of an absolutism ruling system
George Diby - Digby served as an advisor to King Charles I during the war and later went into exile with Charles II after the king's execution. When Charles II was restored to the throne in 1660, Digby returned to England and was appointed to several important positions,
Charles Mistresses - Charles got into a lot of trouble with having illegitimate children on the throne with a lot of mistresses this was because originally he had to prove his dominance and Manliness as his wife could not bear a child in this way the mistresses had a lot of power over Charles at some points and they would have all been Catholic using him as a sex weapon and getting access to titles from the king to their child of the wise they would have spread roomers
The influence of Catholicism on the court led to suspicion and fear among Protestants, especially as many believed that the Catholics were plotting to overthrow the established Protestant Church and the English government. This fear was one of the factors that contributed to the Popish Plot and the Exclusion Crisis in the late 1670s and early 1680s
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