Interregnum (England)

Period in English history English history Prehistoric Britainuntil c. 43 ADRoman Britainc. 43–410Sub-Roman Britain410–c. 7th centuryAnglo-Saxonc. 449–1066Norman/Angevin1066–1216Plantagenet1216–1485Tudor1485–1603 Elizabethan1558–1603Stuart1603–1714 Jacobean1603–1625Caroline1625–1649(Interregnum)1649–1660Carolean1660-1688Restoration1660–1688Georgian era1714–1837 Regency erac. 1795–1837Victorian era1837–1901Edwardian era1901–1914First World War1914–1918Interwar Britain1919–1939Second World War1939–1945 Post-war Britain 1945–1979 Social history1945–1979 Present day 1979–present Social history1979–present Timelinevte The Interregnum was the period between the execution of Charles I on 30 January 1649 and the arrival of his son Charles II in London on 29 May 1660, which marked the start of the Restoration. During the Interregnum, England was under various forms of republican government. Politics The politics of the period were dominated by the wishes of the Grandees (senior officers) of the New Model Army and their civilian supporters. They encouraged (or at least tolerated) several republican regimes. From 1649 until 1653 executive powers la