02608nam 2200577 450 991046106450332120210209150216.01-84725-176-51-283-20163-197866132016380-8264-2597-6(CKB)2670000000106824(EBL)742833(OCoLC)745866158(SSID)ssj0000526580(PQKBManifestationID)12183614(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000526580(PQKBWorkID)10520436(PQKB)11027967(MiAaPQ)EBC5309549(MiAaPQ)EBC742833(Au-PeEL)EBL742833(CaONFJC)MIL320163(EXLCZ)99267000000010682420180315h20062006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhy was Charles I executed? /Clive HolmesLondon, [England] ;New York, New York :Continuum,2006.©20061 online resource (261 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84725-024-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Why Did Charles I Call the Long Parliament?; 2 How Did the King Gain Support in Parliament?; 3 How Did the King Get an Army?; 4 Why Did Parliament Win the Civil War?; 5 Why Was the King Executed?; 6 Why Was the Rump Parliament Dissolved?; 7 Why Was Cromwell Offered the Crown?; 8 Was There an English Revolution?; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; IndexThe 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 fRegicideGreat BritainElectronic books.Regicide941.062092Holmes Clive1943-1047923MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461064503321Why was Charles I executed2475844UNINA