a history lesson

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So it goes, we make what we made since the world began:

“Army officers were furious that Charles could deliberately provoke a second war when his defeat in the first had been so clear an indication of God’s favour to the Parliamentarian cause. Tired of his deceptions and intrigues, the Army denounced King Charles as the ‘Man of Blood’. Parliament was purged of Presbyterian sympathisers and moderates in December 1648 and left with a small ‘Rump’ of MPs that was totally dependent on the Army. Parliament appointed a High Court of Justice in January 1649 and Charles was charged with high treason against the people of England. The King’s trial opened on 20 January. He refused to answer the charges, saying that he did not recognise the authority of the High Court, but he was found guilty of the charges against him and sentenced to death on 27 January 1649. The King was beheaded on a scaffold outside the Banqueting House at Whitehall on 30 January.”

King Charles the First 1600-1649

There endeth the lesson.

3 thoughts on “a history lesson”

  1. I'm confused, must sleep. I'll think clearer in the morning. Hey, maybe that would help george the lesser. Nah, he sleeps like a baby: wakes up every two hours and cries over his ratings.

  2. I dunno. I'm just going by that page I linked to. I know just a little more about British history than about British cuisine.Kyle

  3. Or is it The Fifth. Since The Third was he who went nuts after our revolution, and the Fourth led us into the Gulf War, aren't I right?

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