The Merry Gang was a group of aristocrats associated with the court of Charles II of England during the Stuart Restoration of 1660. The gang was centred on John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, who stated their aim was to restore the idea of masculinity that had prevailed at the time of Henry II (r. 1154–1189). They were also patrons of the arts, supporting the poet John Dryden and the dramatist Nathaniel Lee.
The gang advocated libertinism, drank copiously, and engaged in acts that outraged public decency, including violence towards women. Members of the gang fought with constables and watchmen and were involved in a number of killings. Charles II was indulgent towards the gang, forgiving some of their crimes. The influence of the Merry Gang declined after the 1670s, with new ideals of masculinity calling for better behaviour.
The MerryGang was a group of aristocrats associated with the court of Charles II of England during the Stuart Restoration of 1660. The gang was centred...
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dissolute, and utterly charming". He was one of a handful of court wits, the "MerryGang" as named by Andrew Marvell. Sometime after the end of April and her last...
leader of the "Merry Men" (though this is never recognised by anyone outside the group). She is by far the most intelligent of the gang, but often lets...
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to a pulp by loyalist thugs... And then there was Lenny Murphy and his merrygang, the Shankill Butchers, who for years in the mid-1970s abducted, tortured...
incapacitates Morgan's gang using a hatchet, thereby emerging as the unlikely hero of the day, and restoring order to Peaceful Gulch. Merry Mavericks was filmed...
Merry Anders (born Mary Helen Anderson; May 22, 1934 – October 28, 2012) was an American actress who appeared in a number of television programs and films...
requests a ride and comes off an adult. Just as Scipio gets off the merry-go-round, the gang's fence Barbarossa arrives, intending to take his payment. As revenge...
fiction of Friar Tuck, who, whilst being a "large, merry body" was also the leader of his own "merrygang of murderers and thieves". John Maddicot has concluded...
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her second Christmas album, and follow-up to Merry Christmas. The release date for the album, titled Merry Christmas II You, was November 2, 2010; the...
known for the lyric "While strolling through the park one day, in the merrymerry month of May," and has been featured in numerous films, including Strike...
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