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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 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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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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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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Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford 1593 - 1641114
Coming round to the King's point of view was a change which would cost him his life.
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07 Jan 2001
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The Battle of Turnham Green114
Charles made a fateful decision when he turned away from a battlie at Turnham Green
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07 Jan 2001
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07 Jan 2001
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07 Jan 2001
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The Putney Debates114
Questions of suffrage and property were at the heart of the Putney Debates
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07 Jan 2001
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William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury 1573 - 1645114
Lowly-born, rising to be Archbishop, but ultimately executed.
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07 Jan 2001
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War in the West Country114
With stalemate in Wales, the stakes were raised for the war in the West Country
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07 Jan 2001
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07 Jan 2001
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07 Jan 2001
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Winter in Oxford114
Getting to grips with the power of the press - Charles made good use of his winter in Oxford
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07 Jan 2001
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The Three Kingdoms of Charles I114
It was never going to be easy for Charles, balancing the conflicting demands of three kingdoms
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07 Jan 2001
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The Execution of Charles I114
A historic moment as the state beheads its head of state: The Execution of Charles I
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07 Jan 2001
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