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.
In the absence of certainty, the press drives the narrative
In this episode, we discover that this was more than a war of weapons; it was one of words. From royalist broadsheets to radical parliamentarian pamphlets, historian Rebecca Rideal explores how the press fuelled the fire, shaped loyalties, and blurred the line between truth and propaganda. With circulation booming and literacy rising, this is the story of how print helped tear a country apart.
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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.
