Date of Completion
2022
Document Type
Honors College Thesis
Department
History
Thesis Type
College of Arts and Science Honors, Honors College
First Advisor
Steven Zdatny
Second Advisor
Mary Lou Kete
Third Advisor
Paul Deslandes & Charles Briggs
Keywords
Charles I, Cromwell, Wars of Three Kingdoms, Regicides, England, New Model Army
Abstract
This paper attempts to pin down the moment that the English regicides of 1649 decided to execute Charles I. It argues that the political situation between Dec 6th, 1648 and Jan 20th, 1649 grew more hostile to King Charles I, and as the King styled himself as a martyr and rebuked all previous attempts at settlement, the Parliamentarian faction slowly came to the collective realization that the king would never stop scheming to reclaim his throne. By the time that the trial had begun, his fate had already been decided.
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Recommended Citation
Gallo, Joe, "Charles I – Dead is Better" (2022). UVM Patrick Leahy Honors College Senior Theses. 466.
https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/hcoltheses/466