After the restoration of the Stuarts,the memory of the civil war which was centred on the death of King Charles Ⅰ was shaped by political forces.In order to repair the cracks in the country,the Restoration Dynasty adopted a strategy of'limited forgetting'or'selective memory',which defined Charles Ⅰ's death as a regicide caused by a rebellion of a few ambitious individuals,and the crime of regicide should be borne by a few traitors,such as Cromwell.Charles Ⅰ was promoted as a martyr to the death of the state and the church,and an unquestionable authority of legitimacy.The memory of Charles Ⅰ's death,which was shaped by the political power of the Restoration Dynasty,matched King James Ⅱ's demand for succession and helped him smoothly ascend to the throne.However,there was a clear conflict between the memory of Charles Ⅰ's martyrdom for the Church of England and James Ⅱ's promotion of Catholicism,which ultimately became an excuse for the Whig Party to launch the Glorious Revolution.The Restoration Dynasty which was centred around the death of Charles Ⅰ constructed an extremely simplified collective memory and attempted to dominate the memory content of the people,but could only temporarily suppress conflicts and hatred,ultimately leading to the situation spiralling out of control.This highly politicised collective memory is conducive to achieving initial national reconciliation.However,its excessive reliance on a single narrative and lack of inclusiveness and adaptability make it difficult to adapt to turbulent political situations and instead lead the creators of memory into their own legitimacy trap.
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