The Restoration of 1660 was managed not by victory in war but by negotiation. A Convention Parliament met in April 1660 and agreed to invite Charles Stuart back from exile in the Netherlands. Before agreeing, Charles issued the Declaration of Breda, in which he promised a general pardon for past offences during the Civil War, religious tolerance, and to leave decisions on church government and confiscated land to Parliament.
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The Cavalier Parliament that followed was more royalist in temper, but the basic settlement endured: from then on, the monarchy operated within a constitutional framework set by Parliament. Most Cromwellian legislation was repealed; the Act of Indemnity and Oblivion forgave most former enemies of the king. The execution of the regicides who had signed Charles I's death warrant was a notable exception.
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