LEADER 02608nam 2200577 450 001 9910461064503321 005 20210209150216.0 010 $a1-84725-176-5 010 $a1-283-20163-1 010 $a9786613201638 010 $a0-8264-2597-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000106824 035 $a(EBL)742833 035 $a(OCoLC)745866158 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000526580 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12183614 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000526580 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10520436 035 $a(PQKB)11027967 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309549 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC742833 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL742833 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL320163 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000106824 100 $a20180315h20062006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWhy was Charles I executed? /$fClive Holmes 210 1$aLondon, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cContinuum,$d2006. 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (261 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84725-024-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aThe 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 f 606 $aRegicide$zGreat Britain 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRegicide 676 $a941.062092 700 $aHolmes$b Clive$f1943-$01047923 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461064503321 996 $aWhy was Charles I executed$92475844 997 $aUNINA