On 30 January 1649, King Charles I was led on to a freshly
erected scaffold outside Whitehall’s Banqueting House in London. Thousands of spectators watched in shock and awe as the king of England, Scotland and Ireland was executed as a traitor. It was the climax of one of the most destructive sagas in Britain and Ireland's history: the Civil Wars.
What led to this brutal outcome? How did the dynamic between the three Stuart kingdoms evolve as the wars progressed? And had conflict always been inevitable?
In our new HistoryExtra podcast series, historian Rebecca
Rideal runs you through events blow-by-blow – from the first battles in
Scotland, to resistance and rebellion in Ireland and all-out war in England and Wales. Speaking to historical experts, she explores a story of shifting loyalties, changing times, and devastating conflict.
Produced by HistFest Productions.
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On 30 January 1649, King Charles I was led on to a freshly
erected scaffold outside Whitehall’s Banqueting House in London. Thousands of spectators watched in shock and awe as the king of England, Scotland and Ireland was executed as a traitor. It was the climax of one of the most destructive sagas in Britain and Ireland's history: the Civil Wars.
What led to this brutal outcome? How did the dynamic between the three Stuart kingdoms evolve as the wars progressed? And had conflict always been inevitable?
In our new HistoryExtra podcast series, historian Rebecca
Rideal runs you through events blow-by-blow – from the first battles in
Scotland, to resistance and rebellion in Ireland and all-out war in England and Wales. Speaking to historical experts, she explores a story of shifting loyalties, changing times, and devastating conflict.
Produced by HistFest Productions.
A dead king, a banished heir and a new kind of rule
The war didn’t end with the executioner’s axe. In this episode we follow the new regime as it wages brutal campaigns in Ireland and Scotland, all while Charles II plots a return. Charting the final throes of war, from the subjugation of Ireland to the Battle of Worcester, historian Rebecca Rideal asks: with the monarchy now abolished, what would replace it?
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Uprising: The Civil Wars
On 30 January 1649, King Charles I was led on to a freshly
erected scaffold outside Whitehall’s Banqueting House in London. Thousands of spectators watched in shock and awe as the king of England, Scotland and Ireland was executed as a traitor. It was the climax of one of the most destructive sagas in Britain and Ireland's history: the Civil Wars.
What led to this brutal outcome? How did the dynamic between the three Stuart kingdoms evolve as the wars progressed? And had conflict always been inevitable?
In our new HistoryExtra podcast series, historian Rebecca
Rideal runs you through events blow-by-blow – from the first battles in
Scotland, to resistance and rebellion in Ireland and all-out war in England and Wales. Speaking to historical experts, she explores a story of shifting loyalties, changing times, and devastating conflict.
Produced by HistFest Productions.
