Charles I

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  4/17/2023
  

  What is the Legacy of the English Civil War?

  Jonathan Healey's "The Blazing World" insists on seeing the ideological and theological roots of revolt as drivers of insurgency. 

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• 2/28/2021
  

  A Ghost of Galileo in the English Civil War

  by John Heilbron

  An obscure English painting containing an image of Galileo's "Dialogues" launches a deep consideration of the political and intellectual stakes of free inquiry during the English Civil War.

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• 8/23/2020
  

  A Tale of Two Tyrants: Charles I and Donald Trump

  by Frank Palmeri

  A comparison between Trump and Charles I of England suggests not only that the coming election will be rocky, but that it may take a long time to bridge the divisions in American society.

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• August 4, 2019
  

  How Two Regicides Escaped to America and Became Folk Heroes

  by Matthew Jenkinson

  How Edward Whalley and William Goffe went from household names to forgotten historical figures. 

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• 2-22-15
  

  Why History Matters


  by Charles Spencer

  History comes alive when we connect with characters.