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Charles I

Charles I, 1600–1649, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1625–49), second son of James I and Anne of Denmark.

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Offering the crown to Cromwell: King Oliver? Patrick Little asks why Parliament offered the infamous regicide the crown of England, to what extent he was tempted to take it--and why he finally turned it down. (History Today)

Ireland: two states, two nations. (World Affairs)

After the Civil Wars: English Politics and Government in the Reign of Charles II. (Reviews of Books). (Albion)

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The King's Artists, the Royal Academy of Arts and the Politics of British Culture, 1760-1840: Francis Russell welcomes an authoritative study of the role of the Royal Academy in British life during its first eighty years.(Book Review) (Apollo)

The reality behind the merry monarchy: Tim Harris explores the political spin, intolerance and repression that underlay Charles II's relaxed image, and which led him into a deep crisis in 1678-81 yet also enabled him to survive it. (History Today)

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