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== Names == [[British Whig Party|Whig]] historians such as [[S. R. Gardiner]] called this period the "Eleven Years' Tyranny", because they interpret Charles's actions as highly [[authoritarian]] and a contributing factor to the instability that eventually led to the [[English Civil War]]. More recent historians such as [[Kevin Sharpe (historian)|Kevin Sharpe]] called the period "Personal Rule", because they consider it to be a more neutral term, and some such as Sharpe have argued that there were some positive aspects of the period.{{sfn|Seel|Smith|2005|p=67}}
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