Charles I provides a detailed overview of Charles Stuart, placing his reign firmly within the wider context of this turbulent period and examining the nature of one of the most complex monarchs in British history. It is the perfect book for students of early modern Britain and the English Civil War.

Mark Parry read History at Cambridge and completed a doctorate on the political role of the episcopate under the early Stuarts. He teaches History at Westminster School. He is the author of several academic articles on the political and religious history of the early Stuart period and of an A-level textbook Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603-1702 (2015).

Acknowledgements

Stuart family tree
Introduction

1 Early life and Prince of Wales (1600-25)

2 Patriot king (1625-29)

3 Imperial monarch (1629-40)

4 Royalist-in-chief (1640-42)

5 Warlord (1642-46)

6 Conscientious objector (1646-49)

Epilogue: the legacy of a royal martyr

Guide to further reading

Index