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Browse 111 OpenLearn items The Civil War team has worked on
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Endgame - Regicide 114
The King had gone too far - and Parliament weighed the ultimate sanction: Regicide
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14 May 2018
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The English Civil War: Tremors - Introduction114
Tristram Hunt introduces the section that explores the gathering rumblings before the war.
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09 Jun 2015
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King Charles I, 1600 - 1649114
First he lost his parliament; then his throne; then his head. Find out more about the King of England during this bloody era.
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09 Jun 2015
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03 Jun 2015
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OU on the BBC: Civil War - About the series114
The English Civil War was part of a wider struggle for supremacy between Catholics and Protestants in Europe.
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02 Sep 2008
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OU on the BBC: Civil War114
Tristram Hunt tells the not-too-distant story of how the King was toppled and a Commonwealth established - only for Monarchy to return.
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02 Sep 2008
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Major protagonists during the thirty years war114
Compared with Elizabeth, Charles seemed weak when confronted with the protagonists of the 30 Years' War
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07 Jan 2001
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John Lilburne and the Levellers114
Inspiring a battle over land rather than religion: John Lilburne and The Levellers
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07 Jan 2001
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Prince Rupert of the Rhine 1619 - 1682114
A royal nephew who swapped sides.
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07 Jan 2001
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Scottish invasion into Northern England114
Follow the map showing the Scottish invasion into northern England
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07 Jan 2001
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07 Jan 2001
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Total War - Parliament 114
Inspired by Cromwell, and in the face of possible defeat, a new approach was needed by Parliament
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07 Jan 2001
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Henrietta Maria114
A genuine love story, a terrible judge of the political temperature: Charles' queen Henrietta Maria
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07 Jan 2001
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Rank and File Radicalism114
Charles was still the King in the eyes of the grandees - but under threat from rank and file radicalism
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07 Jan 2001
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Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex 1591 - 1646114
An aristocrat-turned-rebel whose military setbacks derailed his career:
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07 Jan 2001
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Prince Rupert of the Rhine114
Handsome and wise: Charles placed his hopes in Prince Rupert of the Rhine
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07 Jan 2001
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07 Jan 2001
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December 1645114
The Royalists were facing a rout in the heartlands of England by December 1645
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07 Jan 2001
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Laudians and Puritans114
Two groups struggling for preferment: The Laudians and the Puritans
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07 Jan 2001
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The Engagement114
Two years of an uneasy peace were about to end with the engagement
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07 Jan 2001
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