Charles I
by Richard Cust
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Charles I was a complex man whose career intersected with some of the most dramatic events in English history. He played a central role in provoking the English Civil War, and his execution led to the only republican government Britain has ever known. Historians have struggled to get him into perspective, veering between outright condemnation and measured sympathy. Richard Cust shows that Charles I was not 'unfit to be a king', emphasising his strengths as a party leader and conviction show more politician, but concludes that, none the less, his prejudices and attitudes, and his mishandling of political crises did much to bring about a civil war in Britain. He argues that ultimately, after the war, Charles pushed his enemies into a position where they had little choice but to execute him. show lessTags
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Common Knowledge
- People/Characters
- Charles I, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland
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- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 942.062092 — History & geography History of Europe England and Wales England 1603–1714, House of Stuart and Commonwealth periods Charles I 1625-49
- LCC
- DA396 .A2 .C33 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Great Britain History of Great Britain England History By period Modern, 1485- Early Stuarts, 1603-1642
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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