The Regicides and the Execution of Charles 1

Abstract

The events surrounding the trial of Charles I have been remarkably understudied by historians, despite a wealth of information regarding both the proceedings and personalities involved, and contemporary responses and reactions. These essays submit one of the most momentous events in English history to rigorous scholarship, contextualise it in the light of recent historiography, not least regarding relations between the three kingdoms of Britain. Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Notes on the Contributors; Introduction; 1 Oliver Cromwell, the Regicide and the Sons of Zeruiah; 2 The Frighted Junto: Perceptions of Ireland, and the Last Attempts at Settlement with Charles I; 3 Staging the Trial of Charles I; 4 Belshazzar's Feast: Regicide, Republicanism and the Metaphor of Balance; 5 The Juristic Foundation of Regicide; 6 Motives for King-Killing; 7 Reporting a Revolution: a Failed Propaganda Campaign; 8 The Levellers and the End of Charles I. 9 The Quarrel of the Covenant: the London Presbyterians and the Regicide10 Elegies and Commemorative Verse in Honour of Charles the Martyr, 1649-60; 11 The European Reaction to the Trial and Execution of Charles I; Index.