Why Was Charles I Executed? - Couverture souple

Holmes, Clive

 
9781847250247: Why Was Charles I Executed?

Synopsis

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 supplies clear answers to eight key questions about the period, ranging from why the king had to summon the Long Parliament to whether there was in fact an English Revolution at all.

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À propos de l?auteur

Clive Holmes is a leading English Civil War Historian and Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

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9781852852825: Why Was Charles I Executed?

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1852852828 ISBN 13 :  9781852852825
Editeur : Hambledon Continuum, 2006
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