Charles I's Executioners

Civil War, Regicide and the Republic

James Hobson

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English

Pen and Sword
01 December 2020

History; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Military history; English Civil War

On an icy winter's day in January 1649, a unique event in English history took place on a scaffold outside of Whitehall: Charles I, King of England, was executed. The king had been held to account and the Divine Right of Kings disregarded. Regicide, a once-unfathomable act, formed the basis of the Commonwealth's new dawn. The killers of the king were soldiers, lawyers, Puritans, Republicans and some simply opportunists, all brought together under one infamous banner. While the events surrounding Charles I and Cromwell are well-trodden, the lives of the other fifty-eight men their backgrounds, ideals and motives has been sorely neglected. Their stories are a powerful tale of revenge and a clash of beliefs; their fates determined by that one decision. When Charles II was restored he enacted a deadly wave of retribution against the men who had secured his father's fate. Some of the regicides pleaded for mercy, many went into hiding or fled abroad; others stoically awaited their sentence. This is their shocking story: the ideals that united them, and the decision that unmade them. AUTHOR: James Hobson has taught and written about History as a teacher for twenty-five years. His first book was The Dark Days of Georgian Britain, a social history of the Regency period. His other interest is the civil war studying this as his specialism under Professor John Morrill while at the University of Cambridge. 20 b/w illustrations

By: James Hobson
Imprint: Pen and Sword
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781526761842
ISBN 10: 152676184X
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 01 December 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

James Hobson has taught and written about History as a teacher for twenty-five years. His first book was _The Dark Days of Georgian Britain_, a social history of the Regency period. His other interest is the civil war - studying this as his specialism under Professor John Morrill while at the University of Cambridge.