Hobson James Hobson

Charles I's Executioners (eBook, ePUB)

Civil War, Regicide and the Republic

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This biographical history of the English Civil War profiles the lives and ultimate fates of the nearly 60 men who sentenced their king to death. On January 30th, 1649, King Charles I was executed on a scaffold outside the Banqueting House of Whitehall. The parliamentarian High Court of Justice declared him guilty of treason, disregarding the Divine Right of Kings. Fifty-nine commissioners signed his death warrant. These killers of the king were soldiers, lawyers, Puritans, Republicans-and some mere opportunists-all brought together under one infamous banner. In Charles I's Executioners, James Hobson explores the lives of these men, shedding new light on their backgrounds, ideals, and motives. Their stories are a powerful tale of revenge and clashing convictions; their futures determined by their one fateful decision. When Charles II was restored, he enacted a deadly wave of retribution against the signatories. Some pleaded for mercy, many went into hiding or fled abroad, while others stoically awaited their sentence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pen and Sword
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526761859
• Artikelnr.: 60863726

Autorenporträt

James Hobson has taught and written about History as 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 English Civil War - studying this as his specialism under Professor John Morrill while at the University of Cambridge.