Charles I became King of England in 1625. He repeatedly fell out with the English Parliament, which resulted in the outbreak of a civil war in 1642. The execution of Charles I In 1649, Charles I ...

only 59 commissioners signed Charles’ death warrant. After his execution, the executioner dropped Charles’ head in front of the platform, where members of the crowd dipped handkerchiefs in his ...

The English Civil War had a lasting impact on the nation, with the defeat of the Royalists and the execution of King Charles I in 1649 sending waves throughout Europe. England was proclaimed a ...

Campbell, controller of the Scottish Committee of Estates, had agreed to intervene in the ongoing English Civil War, on the Parliamentarian side, while King Charles I had already commissioned ...