ocr: Gulloden Index From the Stuarts Help to the Hanoverians The English ruling house of Exit Back the Stuarts had almost been extinguished by the Civil War - of 1641-6 which had ended with the beheading of King Charles I. The republic set up and governed by Oliver Cromwell lasted until his death. And then, Bookmark in1 1660, monarchy by divine right was restored without upheavals and with the holding of free elections, SO that "God may bless the country that had put the head back in its place. a So Charles II Stuart, the son of the 'martyred king,' n ascended the throne. Next