5. What did Charles I have to face
when he became king?
The Puritan Party.
6. Who were the Puritans?
The more extreme Protestants
within the Church of England.
7. Why did the Civil War break out?
Puritans wanted a true balance of
power between king and Parliament.
8. What factions were involved in
the war?
Royalists, sided with the king, and
Parliamentarians, supporters of
Parliament led by Cromwell.
9. Royalists
For Royalists the
typical Parliamentarian
was a 'base mechanic': a
low-born, lumpen
townsman,
inexperienced in
judgment and inelegant
in appearance.
In between the contrasts
Parliamentarians
In Parliamentarian
eyes, the typical
Royalist was a dissolute
gentleman, possessed
of a suspiciously
foreign air and prone
to acts of sudden
violence.
10. How did the war end?
The monarchy was abolished and the
country was ruled as a republic,
known as «the Commonwealth».
11. “Truly England and the
church of God hath had a
great favour from the Lord, in
this great victory given us.”
Oliver Cromwell
12. “Never make a defence or
apology before you be
accused.”
Charles I
