The Age of Stuarts Lesson Three A Clil module Pier Luigi Errani Liceo Classico D. Alighieri

Causes of the civil war Religious (Catholics, Puritans, Protestants, Presbyterians…) Economic (Church, Nobility, Gentry, class of Yeomen, Merchants, Poor…) Political (King, Parliament, Freedom, Rights, Law…) Nationalistic (England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland…) Private (men and women, the eternal question of Adam and Eve…) but what is the order???

Topic of the day The movie To Kill a king with Tim Roth (Oliver Cromwell) Dougray Scott (Thomas Fairfax) Rupert Everett (Charles I) Olivia Williams (Lady Fairfax)

English Civil War A video from Horrible Histories: uKCI&list=PL465A0E4A17DBD12C&index=46& feature=plpp_video uKCI&list=PL465A0E4A17DBD12C&index=46& feature=plpp_video You will find the tapescript in your folder in a file named “english civil war song”. Keep it in your screen while you listen to music

Religious causes Cromwell was Puritan Charles I was Catholic The Scotts were Presbyterians we will see the Cromwell’s family and their austere house and the Fairfax’s rich manor

Economic causes the interests of the classes were very different we will see the contrast between Cromwell, a gentleman, Lord Fairfax and the King, who belong to the nobility, Mr. Holles, a merchant…

Politic causes James I believed in a new theory called the Divine Right of Kings, which held that kings could do what they liked and were answerable only to God. He even said that ‘Kings are justly called gods’, which was news to the English There were no rights for many people England didn’t have a Constitution, only Magna Charta and some medieval rights You will see people struggling in name of freedom

Nationalistic causes During the English civil war (or the British civil war) everyone struggled against everyone Scotland and Ireland were sometimes with the King sometimes against him

Men and women Therefore, a revolution is made by men. And by women Sometimes passion is an x-factor very important in history you will see how much lady Fairfax was appreciated by everyone

Thomas Fairfax, (1612 –1671) commander-in-chief of the New Model Army. Winner in the battle of Naseby 1645

Sir Oliver Cromwell 1599 – The Leader

Mr. Holles, Speaker of Parliament, merchant

Lady Fairfax, daughter of a Lord

His Majesty King Charles I (1600 – 30 January 1649)

The English civil war Read ROBERT BUCHOLZ, A History of England from the Tudors to the Stuarts,2003, part III, p. Lecture Thirty-Two - The Civil Wars: 1642–1649

English civil war factions MvC0&list=PL465A0E4A17DBD12C&index=33 &feature=plpp_video MvC0&list=PL465A0E4A17DBD12C&index=33 &feature=plpp_video text at: 31/english-civil-war-which-faction-would-you- join/ 31/english-civil-war-which-faction-would-you- join/

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