Charles I of Austria

Politics was the main cause of the civil war because without the arguments Charles had with parliament or the extra money he charged people; there would not have been a serious enough issue to trigger a civil war. However there were also other reasons to start the civil wars, such as: money and religion. Religion was not the most important cause of the civil war as in the past there have been worse problem with religion and they did not seem to drive a country to behead its king. However just…

At the death of Elizabeth, England departed politically from the continent, starting thereafter a different direction. Much earlier, political observers such as Commynes and Fortescue had emphasized the distinctive character and superiority of insular institutions; But these were not strong enough to withstand Mary Tudor, so the work had to be started again. It was restarted, in the old style, appealing to tradition and precedents. And when it seemed that such criteria were not entirely…

Prior to the establishment of the Stuart dynasty, Queen Elizabeth I ruled from 1558 to 1603. Her rule was unique to her time period, as she ruled as a politique, separating the church and state, somewhat, to maintain, control, and grow her governance. Elizabeth utilized Parliament to ensure her hold on church leadership, while tolerating the practice of other religions, effectively subduing religious rebellions and constant changing that were popularizing in rules prior to hers, Edward VI…

During the Civil War, in which Charles’ execution occurred in the middle of, there was no formal King, as the king had been killed and the heir was in exile. Oliver Cromwell, a political and military leader, came to power as the ruler of England during this time. During the civil war, he lead the New Model Army, made up of “Independents” who were to fight against the Presbyterians in Parliament and in Scotland. The New Model Army won and purged Parliament of all of it’s members that did not…

James I and the Parliament already were on bad terms with each other. James believed in an absolute monarch which frightened the House of Commons and the Parliament. On the other hand, Parliament had money that James needed yet they wouldn’t give it to him. This resulted in James suspending Parliament and consequently they didn’t regroup for ten years. When his son, Charles I, came to the thrown he already had a aversion to Parliament. Charles had the same ideals as his father did yet Charles…

INTRODUCTION Charles II was a king of England, Scotland, and Ireland whose restoration to the throne in 1660, marked the end of republican rule in England. He was asked by Parliament to rule England after the death of Oliver Cromwell. Charles was known for his cavorting lifestyle and feuds with Parliament. Early Life Charles was born May 29, 1630. He is the second son of Charles I and Henrietta Marie of France. In 1642, civil war broke out between Parliament and Charles I over his claim of…

Two years after, in 1642 he helped organize armed forces right after when the civil war outbreak, and that served as deputy commander of the“new model army” which decimated the main royalist force at the battle of Naseby occurred in 1645. When Charles I died, Oliver served served in the Rump Parliament and also set to reform the legal system…

Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685)[c] was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Charles II's father, Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War. Although the Parliament of Scotland proclaimed Charles II King on 5 February 1649, England entered the period known as the English Interregnum or the English Commonwealth, and the country was a de facto republic, led by Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell defeated Charles II…

November, when only the gathering of forces from in and around the capital… dissuaded the king from an assault. He retired to Oxford, which would be his own wartime capital” (Worden, page 46). 8. During the summer of 1643, the war began to improve for Charles. His army in Oxford defeated the Earl of Essex at Buckinghamshire and stopped him from taking London; his army at Newcastle took Lincolnshire; and his army led Sir Ralph Hopton defeated parliamentarian forces at Wiltshire. After that, the…

severely persecuted. Charles I of England made efforts to purge all Puritan influences from England, which resulted in the “Great Migration” to Europe and the American Colonies. The Pilgrims who formed the Massachusetts Bay Colony were separatist Puritans who had been forced out of England and Holland. Non separatist Puritans who remained in England responded to this persecution with the English Civil War (1641-51), which led to the execution of Charles I, the exile of his son, Charles II, and…