Sign-In
Cart
Explanatory Notes of a Pack of Cavalier Playing Cards, Temp. Charles II.
Paperback
General Political ScienceGeneral Card GamesBritish History
ISBN13: 9781023419666
Publisher: Anson Street Press
Published: Mar 29 2025
Pages: 24
Weight: 0.11
Height: 0.05 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Dive into the tumultuous era of the English Commonwealth and the reign of Charles II with Edmund Goldsmid's Explanatory Notes of a Pack of Cavalier Playing Cards, Temp. Charles II: Forming a Complete Political Satire of the Commonwealth. This unique historical document offers a fascinating glimpse into the political climate of 17th-century Great Britain through the clever guise of playing cards.
More than just a guide to card games, this book unveils a complete political satire meticulously woven into the symbolism and imagery of a standard deck. Explore the tensions between Cavalier and Commonwealth factions as expressed through witty commentary and pointed social critique. Goldsmid's insightful notes illuminate the historical context, making this a compelling resource for anyone interested in British history, political science, or the history of games. Discover a novel approach to understanding a pivotal period in European history with this carefully prepared republication.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.
Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Also from
Goldsmid, Edmund
Ancient English Metrical Romances. Rev. by Edmund Goldsmid Volume 1
Goldsmid, Edmund
Ritson, Joseph
Hardcover
The Conspiracy of the Norman Barons Against William the Bastard, Duke of Normandy, MXLVII
Goldsmid, Edmund
Le Cointe, Charles Edmond Prudent
Paperback
The Voyages of the English Nation to America Before the Year 1600; Volume I
Goldsmid, Edmund
Hakluyt, Richard
Paperback
A Ballad Book; or, Popular and Romantic Ballads and Songs Current in Annandale and Other Parts of Scotland; Volume 2
Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick
Goldsmid, Edmund
Paperback
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, And Discoveries Of The English Nation
Hakluyt, Richard
Goldsmid, Edmund
Paperback
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation - Volume 14; America, Part III
Hakluyt, Richard
Paperback
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation - Volume 12; America, Part I
Hakluyt, Richard
Paperback
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation - Volume 13; America, Part II
Hakluyt, Richard
Paperback
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation
Goldsmid, Edmund
Hakluyt, Richard
Paperback
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation
Hakluyt, Richard
Goldsmid, Edmund
Hardcover
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, And Discoveries Of The English Nation
Goldsmid, Edmund
Hakluyt, Richard
Hardcover
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, And Discoveries Of The English Nation
Goldsmid, Edmund
Hakluyt, Richard
Paperback
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation; Volume 1
Goldsmid, Edmund
Hakluyt, Richard
Paperback
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, And Discoveries Of The English Nation
Goldsmid, Edmund
Hakluyt, Richard
Hardcover
Magic Plants: Being a Translation of a Curious Tract Entitled De Vegetalibus Magicis
Goldsmid, Edmund
Heucher, Johann Heinrich 1677-1747
Paperback
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, And Discoveries Of The English Nation; Volume 4
Hakluyt, Richard
Goldsmid, Edmund
Hardcover
A Ballad Book - Popular and Romantic Ballads and Congs current in Annandale and Other Parts of Scotland: Part II
Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick
Goldsmid, Edmund
Paperback
Magic Plants: A Translation of a curious Tract entitled De vegetalibus magicis
Goldsmid, Edmund
Heucher, Johann Heinrich
Paperback
Un-Natural History - Myths of ancient science - being a collection of curious tracts on the basilisk, unicorn, phoenix, behemoth or leviathan, dragon,
Grube, Herman
Kirchmayer, Georg K.
Goldsmid, Edmund
Paperback
A Treatise on Magical Incantations: Translated From the Latin of Christianus Pazig
Goldsmid, Edmund
Paperback
A Ballad Book: Popular and Romantic Ballads and Congs current in Annandale and other Parts of Scotland Vol. 1
Goldsmid, Edmund
Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick
Paperback
The Principal Navigations, Voyages and Discoveries of the English Nation: Vol. VIII Asia Part I
Hakluyt, Richard
Paperback
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, And Discoveries Of The English Nation, Volume 7
Hakluyt, Richard
Goldsmid, Edmund
Hardcover
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, And Discoveries Of The English Nation; Volume 10
Goldsmid, Edmund
Hakluyt, Richard
Paperback
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, And Discoveries Of The English Nation, Volume 2
Goldsmid, Edmund
Hakluyt, Richard
Hardcover
Hermippus Redivivus: Or the Sage's Triumph Over Old Age and the Grave V2
Cohausen, Johann Heinrich
Paperback
Hermippus Redivivus: Or The Sage's Triumph Over Old Age And The Grave V3
Cohausen, Johann Heinrich
Paperback
The Principal Navigations: Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
Hakluyt, Richard
Paperback
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, And Discoveries Of The English Nation; Volume 11
Goldsmid, Edmund
Hakluyt, Richard
Hardcover
Chancellor's Voyage To Muscovy: Being Clement Adam's Anglorum Navigatio Ad Muscovitas (1886)
Goldsmid, Edmund
McCrindle, John Watson
Paperback
The Chieftains Of Vendee: Cathelineau, La Roche-Jacquelein, Charette, Stofflet, And Sombreuil (1887)
Barante, Amable-Guillaume-Prosper
Paperback
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, And Discoveries Of The English Nation, Volume 9
Hakluyt, Richard
Goldsmid, Edmund
Hardcover
A Collection Of Historical Documents V1: Illustrative Of The Reigns Of The Tudor And Stuart Sovereigns (1886)
Goldsmid, Edmund
Paperback
Hermippus Redivivus: Or The Sage's Triumph Over Old Age And The Grave V2
Cohausen, Johann Heinrich
Paperback
A King's Mistress; Or Charles VII And Agnes Sorel, And Chivalry In The Fifteenth Century
Capefigue, M.
Paperback
On The Origin Of The Native Races Of America: To Which Is Added A Treatise On Foreign Languages And Unknown Islands (1884)
Grotius, Hugo
Albinus, Peter
Paperback
Kempes Nine Daies Wonder, Performed in a Journey From London to Norwich: Wherein Euery Dayes Journey Is Pleasantly Set Down, to Satisfie His Friends t
Kemp, William
Goldsmid, Edmund
Paperback
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation; Volume 1
Goldsmid, Edmund
Hakluyt, Richard
Hardcover
On The Origin Of The Native Races Of America: To Which Is Added A Treatise On Foreign Languages And Unknown Islands (1884)
Albinus, Peter
Grotius, Hugo
Hardcover
The Pretty Gentleman; or, Softness of Manners Vindicated From the False Ridicule Exhibited Under the Character of William Fribble, Esq
Goldsmid, Edmund
Lancaster, Nathaniel
Hardcover
The conspiracy of the Norman barons against William the Bastard, Duke of Normandy, MXLVII
Goldsmid, Edmund
Paperback
...Un-Natural History: Or Myths of Ancient Science; Being a Collection of Curious Tracts On the Basilisk, Unicorn, Phoenix, Behemoth Or Leviathan, Dra
Kirchmayer, Georg Kasper
Goldsmid, Edmund
Paperback
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation; Volume 14
Hakluyt, Richard
Goldsmid, Edmund
Paperback
The Maner of the Tryumphe of Caleys and Bulleyn and The Noble Tryumphant Coronacyon of Quene Anne, Wyfe Unto the Most Noble Kynge Henry VIII
Goldsmid, Edmund
Worde, Wynkyn De
Paperback
The Devils of Loudun: The Alleged Possession of the Ursuline Nuns and the Trial of Urbain Grandier
Goldsmid, Edmund
Paperback
The Maner of the Tryumphe of Caleys and Bulleyn: And The Noble Tryumphaunt Coronacyon of Quene Anne
Goldsmid, Edmund
Paperback
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, And Discoveries Of The English Nation, Volume 2...
Hakluyt, Richard
Goldsmid, Edmund
Paperback
An Exact Discovery of the Mystery of Iniquity as it is now Practised Among the Jesuits
Goldsmid, Edmund
Oates, Titus
Hardcover
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, And Discoveries Of The English Nation, Volume 2...
Hakluyt, Richard
Goldsmid, Edmund
Hardcover
The Pretty Gentleman; or, Softness of Manners Vindicated From the False Ridicule Exhibited Under the Character of William Fribble, Esq
Goldsmid, Edmund
Lancaster, Nathaniel
Paperback
An Exact Discovery of the Mystery of Iniquity as it is now Practised Among the Jesuits
Oates, Titus
Goldsmid, Edmund
Paperback
The Maner of the Tryumphe of Caleys and Bulleyn: And The Noble Tryumphaunt Coronacyon of Quene Anne
Goldsmid, Edmund
Hardcover
Kempes Nine Daies Wonder, Performed in a Journey From London to Norwich: Wherein Euery Dayes Journey Is Pleasantly Set Down, to Satisfie His Friends t
Kemp, William
Goldsmid, Edmund
Hardcover
A Complete Catalogue of all the Publications of the Elsevier Presses at Leyden, Amsterdam, the Hague, and Utrecht
Goldsmid, Edmund
Willems, Alphonse
Hardcover
A Complete Catalogue of all the Publications of the Elsevier Presses at Leyden, Amsterdam, the Hague, and Utrecht
Willems, Alphonse
Goldsmid, Edmund
Paperback
Pathomachia, Or, the Battell of Affections: Shadowed by a Faigned Siedge of the Citie Pathopolis
Goldsmid, Edmund
More, Henry
Hardcover
A Kings Mistress: Or Charles VII and Agnes Sorel, and Chivalry in the Fifteenth Century
Capefigue, M.
Paperback
Hermippus Redivivus V1: Or the Sage's Triumph Over Old Age and the Grave
Cohausen, Johann Heinrich
Paperback
Hermippus Redivivus V3: Or the Sage's Triumph Over Old Age and the Grave
Cohausen, Johann Heinrich
Paperback
Hermippus Redivivus V2: Or the Sage's Triumph Over Old Age and the Grave
Cohausen, Johann Heinrich
Paperback
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, And Discoveries Of The English Nation, Volume 5
Goldsmid, Edmund
Hakluyt, Richard
Hardcover
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, And Discoveries Of The English Nation, Volume 12
Hakluyt, Richard
Goldsmid, Edmund
Hardcover
Ancient English Metrical Romances. Rev. by Edmund Goldsmid Volume 2
Ritson, Joseph
Goldsmid, Edmund
Hardcover
A King's Mistress; Or Charles VII And Agnes Sorel, And Chivalry In The Fifteenth Century
Capefigue, M.
Hardcover
Hermippus Redivivus: Or The Sage's Triumph Over Old Age And The Grave V1
Cohausen, Johann Heinrich
Paperback
A King's Mistress; Or Charles VII And Agnes Sorel, And Chivalry In The Fifteenth Century
Capefigue, M.
Paperback
The Chieftains Of Vendee: Cathelineau, La Roche-Jacquelein, Charette, Stofflet, And Sombreuil (1887)
Barante, Amable-Guillaume-Prosper
Paperback
On The Origin Of The Native Races Of America: To Which Is Added A Treatise On Foreign Languages And Unknown Islands (1884)
Grotius, Hugo
Albinus, Peter
Paperback
Chancellor's Voyage To Muscovy: Being Clement Adam's Anglorum Navigatio Ad Muscovitas (1886)
McCrindle, John Watson
Goldsmid, Edmund
Paperback
A Collection Of Historical Documents V1: Illustrative Of The Reigns Of The Tudor And Stuart Sovereigns (1886)
Goldsmid, Edmund
Paperback
Hermippus Redivivus: Or The Sage's Triumph Over Old Age And The Grave V1
Cohausen, Johann Heinrich
Paperback
Hermippus Redivivus: Or The Sage's Triumph Over Old Age And The Grave V3
Cohausen, Johann Heinrich
Paperback
The Pretty Gentleman Or Softness Of Manners: Vindicated From The False Ridicule Exhibited Under The Character Of William Fribble (1885)
Lancaster, Nathaniel
Paperback
A King's Mistress V2: Or Charles VII And Agnes Sorel And Chivalry In The Fifteenth Century (1887)
Capefigue, Jean Baptiste Honore Raymond
Paperback
A Commonwealth Of Women: A Play, As It Is Acted At The Theater Royal By Their Majesties Servants (1886)
D'Urfey, Thomas
Paperback
A King's Mistress Or, Charles VII And Agnes Sorel And Chivalry In The Twenty-Fifth Century
Capefigue, M.
Paperback
A King's Mistress V2: Or Charles VII And Agnes Sorel And Chivalry In The Fifteenth Century (1887)
Capefigue, Jean Baptiste Honore Raymond
Paperback
Hermippus Redivivus: Or the Sage's Triumph Over Old Age and the Grave V2
Cohausen, Johann Heinrich
Hardcover
A King's Mistress Or, Charles VII And Agnes Sorel And Chivalry In The Twenty-Fifth Century
Capefigue, M.
Paperback
Chancellor's Voyage To Muscovy: Being Clement Adam's Anglorum Navigatio Ad Muscovitas (1886)
McCrindle, John Watson
Goldsmid, Edmund
Hardcover
A Commonwealth Of Women: A Play, As It Is Acted At The Theater Royal By Their Majesties Servants (1886)
D'Urfey, Thomas
Paperback
Also in
British History
Revolution: The History of England from the Battle of the Boyne to the Battle of Waterloo
Peter Ackroyd
Hardcover
The Secret Life of the Savoy: Glamour and Intrigue at the World's Most Famous Hotel
Williams, Olivia
Paperback
The Rise of Thomas Cromwell: Power and Politics in the Reign of Henry VIII, 1485-1534
Everett, Michael
Paperback
The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn: Family Politics at the Court of Henry VIII
Warnicke, Retha M.
Paperback
The Secret Way to War: The Downing Street Memo and the Iraq War's Buried History
Danner, Rk
Danner, Mark
Paperback
The Traveler: One Man's Quest for Humanity from the South Seas to Revolutionary Paris
Wulf, Andrea
Hardcover
The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery
Kara, Siddharth
Hardcover
How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women
Venditozzi, Zoe
Mitchell, Claire
Hardcover
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
Atkinson, Rick
Paperback
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Larson, Erik
Paperback
The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780
Atkinson, Rick
Hardcover
Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest Rival
Greenblatt, Stephen
Hardcover
Radical Duke: How One Aristocrat-And the American Revolution-Transformed Britain
Allen, Danielle
Hardcover
How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women
Venditozzi, Zoe
Mitchell, Claire
Paperback
Witches: A History of Witchcraft, Witch-Hunters, and a King's Obsession: 1562-1735
Veerapen, Steven
Hardcover
Rebel of the Regency: The Scandalous Saga of Caroline of Brunswick, Britain's Queen Without a Crown
Foster, Ann
Hardcover
With a Little Help from Their Friends: The Beatles and the People Who Made Them
Maconie, Stuart
Hardcover
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
Atkinson, Rick
Hardcover
The Crown's Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas
Newman, Brooke N.
Hardcover
The Dream Factory: London's First Playhouse and the Making of William Shakespeare
Swift, Daniel
Hardcover
The Secrets of Eaton Square: Sex, Scandal, and Infamy on the Road to Buckingham Palace
Larman, Alexander
Hardcover
The Confessions of Samuel Pepys: Private Revelations from Britain's Most Famed Diarist
de la Bédoyère, Guy
Hardcover
Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America
Shorto, Russell
Hardcover
Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America
Shorto, Russell
Paperback
Queer Enlightenments: A Hidden History of Lovers, Lawbreakers, and Homemakers
Delaney, Anthony
Hardcover
Mill Dust and Dreaming Bread: Exploring Scottish Folk Belief and Folk Magic
Richardson-Read, Scott
Hardcover
The Painter's Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution
Anishanslin, Zara
Hardcover
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--And How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
Johnson, Steven
Paperback
Mill Dust and Dreaming Bread: Exploring Scottish Folk Belief and Folk Magic
Richardson-Read, Scott
Paperback
Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War: How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
Buchanan, Patrick J.
Paperback
The Defector: The Untold Story of the KGB Agent Who Saved Mi5 and Changed the Cold War
Kerbaj, Richard
Hardcover
A Guide to Regency Dress: From Corsets and Breeches to Bonnets and Muslins
Davidson, Hilary
Hardcover
Things We Found in the Ground: Discovering the History Buried Beneath Our Feet
Gray, Lucie
Bruce, Ellie
Paperback
How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It
Herman, Arthur
Paperback
Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill
Millard, Candice
Paperback
Republic and Empire: Crisis, Revolution, and America's Early Independence
Burnard, Trevor
O'Shaughnessy, Andrew Jackson
Hardcover
Cromwell's Spy: From the American Colonies to the English Civil War: The Life of George Downing
Sewell, Dennis
Hardcover
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Larson, Erik
Hardcover
Secret Language of Victorian Jewelry: The History and Lore of Gems, Charms, and Talismans
Azzarito, Amy
Hardcover
The Intellectual Origins of American Slavery: English Ideas in the Early Modern Atlantic World
Harpham, John Samuel
Hardcover
Scottish History and Mythology: An Enthralling Journey Through Scotland's Past and Legendary Myths
Wellman, Billy
Hardcover
Allies at War: How the Struggles Between the Allied Powers Shaped the War and the World
Bouverie, Tim
Hardcover
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Sides, Hampton
Hardcover
Converts: From Oscar Wilde to Muriel Spark, Why So Many Became Catholic in the 20th Century
McDonagh, Melanie
Hardcover
The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
Flanders, Judith
Paperback
The Quest for El Dorado: Sir Walter Ralegh and the Search for the City of Gold
Gibbins, David
Hardcover
The Official Bridgerton Guide to Entertaining: How to Cook, Host, and Toast Like a Member of the Ton: A Cookbook
Timberlake, Emily
Hardcover
Stowaway: The Disreputable Exploits of the Rat - A New Scientist Non-Fiction Book of the Year
Shute, Joe
Paperback
Shots Heard Round the World: America, Britain, and Europe in the Revolutionary War
Ferling, John E.
Hardcover
Scotland's Forgotten Past: A History of the Mislaid, Misplaced and Misunderstood
Moffat, Alistair
Paperback
Tommy's Honor: The Story of Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris, Golf's Founding Father and Son
Cook, Kevin
Paperback
The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery
Kara, Siddharth
Paperback
Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley
Gordon, Charlotte
Paperback
Fakers: A Top-Secret Tale of Phantoms and Forgeries on the Disinformation Front Line
Cormac, Rory
Hardcover
The Men Who Lost America: British Command during the Revolutionary War and the Preservation of the Empire
O'Shaughnessy, Andrew J.
Paperback
Our Island Story: A History of the Kings, Queens and Battles of England, Scotland and Britain for Boys and Girls
Marshall, H. E.
Paperback
The Story of Tudor Art: A History of Tudor England Through Its Art and Objects
Faraday, Christina J.
Hardcover
The Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook: Teatime Drinks, Scones, Savories & Sweets
Downton Abbey
Hardcover
Forgotten Churches: Exploring England's Hidden Treasures: The Sunday Times Bestseller
Sherlock, Luke
Hardcover
Anne Boleyn: Reputation, Revolution, Religion, and the Queen Who Changed History
Tatarnic, Martha
Hardcover
Amazing Grace: The Life of John Newton and the Surprising Story Behind His Song
Hindmarsh, Bruce
Borlase, Craig
Paperback
Allies at War: How the Struggles Between the Allied Powers Shaped the War and the World
Bouverie, Tim
Paperback
A Vintage Victorian Christmas Sticker, Color & Activity Book: Over 200 Unique Stickers
Editors of Chartwell Books
Paperback
Fourteenth Colony: The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South During America's Revolutionary Era
Bunn, Mike
Hardcover
Unlikely Allies: How a Merchant, a Playwright, and a Spy Saved the American Revolution
Paul, Joel Richard
Paperback
They Fought Alone: The True Story of the Starr Brothers, British Secret Agents in Nazi-Occupied France
Glass, Charles
Paperback
A Spy Amongst Us: Daniel Defoe's Secret Service and the Plot to End Scottish Independence
Mierowsky, Marc
Hardcover
The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock
Worsley, Lucy
Paperback
The Stuff of History: A Curated Compendium of Curious Objects and Forgotten People
Moore, Steven
Hardcover