Why Was Charles I Executed?

by Clive Holmes

Book Overview

The execution of Charles I in 1649, followed by the proclamation of a Commonwealth, was an extraordinary political event. It followed a bitter Civil War between parliament and the king, and their abject failure to negotiate a peace settlement.Why the king was defeated and executed has long been a central question in English history. The old answers, whether those of the historian S R Gardiner or of Lawrence Stone, no longer satisfy. Clive Holmes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847250246
• ISBN13: 9781847250247
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"