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Title: Louis of France and his bribes to the English
Post by: castlebob on Saturday 09 August 25 10:14 BST (UK)
In the 1660s, Louis of France bribed King Charles to encourage him to get more deeply involved in the Spanish Netherlands conflict. In 1666, Sydney was given 100,000 crowns to help remove the monarch. It seems that a 1678 French  document detailed some 25 English gentlemen who had been paid bribes to remove Charles. Most of the bribes were 500 Guineas.

Does anyone know of any works that give more details re the above?
Title: Re: Louis of France and his bribes to the English
Post by: Bookbox on Saturday 09 August 25 11:26 BST (UK)
Have you seen this article?
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/235450

The footnotes include plenty of resources for further research.
Title: Re: Louis of France and his bribes to the English
Post by: castlebob on Saturday 09 August 25 11:35 BST (UK)
Perfect!
Many thanks,
Bob
Title: Re: Louis of France and his bribes to the English
Post by: Rena on Saturday 09 August 25 19:40 BST (UK)
The unrest was due to religion.

Much like today where one religion is trying to rule the world.