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Charles I Archive
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Writing and Re-writing the English Civil War
Posted on January 15, 2012 | No CommentsAlthough not ‘total war’ in the modern sense in which that term has come to be understood – Royalists and Parliamentarians were militant minorities, fighting was seasonal, and some parts of the land were relatively unaffected – the English Civil Wars hit this country with devastating impact. -
`The counterfeit silly curr`: money, politics and the forging of royalist newspapers in the English civil war
Posted on December 13, 2011 | No CommentsConsidering visual,textual,and contextual evidence, as well as literary style and substantive content,I develop in this article methods for distinguishing rivals of Pragmaticus. -
Signs and Wonders and the English Civil War
Posted on November 29, 2011 | No CommentsChris Durston records how the monstrous and the supernatural were seized on by political and religious factions in seventeenth century England as signs of judgment. -
Why did Charles I fight the Civil War?
Posted on November 29, 2011 | No CommentsConrad Russell finds that it is easier to understand why sheer frustration may have driven Charles to fight than to understand why the English gentry might have wanted to make a revolution against him. -
The chapel and the chamber: ceremonial dining and religious ritual at the court of King Charles I
Posted on November 21, 2011 | No CommentsThis dissertation explores the ritual behavior and material culture associated with ceremonial dining at the court of King Charles I of England (b.1600 – d.1649) -
In Defense of the Monarchy: The Restoration of Charles Stuart
Posted on November 12, 2011 | No CommentsCharles was determined to go home as King; his mind was full of doubt and his heart was bursting with contradictory emotions. He must not dare to hope, but how could he not? -
Who was afraid of Prince Rupert’s dog?: The enduring power of seventeenth-century propaganda
Posted on October 27, 2011 | No CommentsPopular histories of the English Civil War of 1642-46 - fought between the Royalists and the Parliamentarians - make frequent reference to a dog named 'Boy', which belonged to King Charles I's nephew Prince Rupert. -
The Role of Charles I in the Evolution of Taste and Collecting in England
Posted on October 16, 2011 | No CommentsCharles and his courtiers brought to England, for the first time, the awareness of taste and the development of collecting habits similar to those in continental Europe.









