History & The Arts
King Charles I, 1600 - 1649
...world in which he did not regain his throne by either political or military means. It was an attitude out of step with the times. Charles' decision to form an Engagement with the Scots in December 1647 (which precipitated the Second Civil War) sealed his fate. Before this, Charles had been regarded as an essential component of any peace settlement. Having plunged the...