People of the English Civil War - Charles I of England, Charles II of England, William Levett, Gerrard Winstanley, Nicholas Slanning (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Charles I of England, Charles II of England, William Levett, Gerrard Winstanley, Nicholas Slanning, William Marshall, Sir Henry Firebrace, Robert Howard, John Dalbier, William Mercer, George Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny, Gilbert Mabbot, John Huddleston, John Trevanion, George Burdett, Lord Bernard Stewart, Rowland Laugharne, John Vicars. Excerpt: Charles I (19 November 1600 - 30 January 1649) was the second son of James VI of Scots and I of England. He was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles believed was divinely ordained. Many of his English subjects opposed his actions, in particular his interference in the English and Scottish Churches and the levying of taxes without parliamentary consent which grew to be seen as those of a tyrannical absolute monarch. Religious conflicts permeated Charles's reign. His failure to successfully aid Protestant forces during the Thirty Years' War, coupled with such actions as marrying a Catholic princess, generated deep mistrust concerning the king's dogma. Charles further allied himself with controversial religious figures, such as the ecclesiastic Richard Montagu, and William Laud, whom Charles appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. Many of Charles' subjects felt this brought the Church of England too close to the Catholic Church. Charles' later attempts to force religious reforms upon Scotland led to the Bishops' Wars, strengthened the position of the English and Scottish Parliaments and helped precipitate the king's downfall. Charles' last years were marked by the English Civil War, in which he fought the forces of the English and Scottish ...