1. The Age of Stuarts Lesson Four A Clil module Pier Luigi Errani Liceo Classico D. Alighieri 2011-2012

2. 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???

3. Topic of the day The king’s Trial From the movie: To kill a king from 58:48 to 1:12:18

4. Economic causes You saw last time the contrasts between Mr. Holles and Cromwell. It represented the contrast between different classes, nobility, merchants, gentry

5. Economic causes the interests of the classes were very different we saw in the movie the contrast between Cromwell, gentleman, Lord Fairfax and the King, nobility, Mr. Holles, a merchant…

6. Nationalistic causes During English civil war (or British civil war) everyone has been struggling against everyone Scotland and Ireland sometimes were with the King sometimes against him

7. Politic causes James 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 see in the movie people struggling in name of freedom

8. Putney debates Royalists: the right of the king is divine Levellers: all of us are equal Diggers: everything should be common Cromwell was supported by levellers

9. Which faction would you join video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ12Vwv MvC0&list=PL465A0E4A17DBD12C&index=33 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ12Vwv MvC0&list=PL465A0E4A17DBD12C&index=33 text (at the bottom of the page) here: http://historyplanet.wordpress.com/category/ english-rebels/ http://historyplanet.wordpress.com/category/ english-rebels/

10. Dates James I 1603-1629 : unification of kingdoms of Scotland and England, King James Bible, Gunpowder Plot, Petition of Rights Charles I 1629-1649: ship money, Short and Long Parliament, Hobbes: Leviathan, Civil war, Trial and execution Oliver Cromwell 1653- 1658: Lord Protector, Commonwealth Richard Cromwell 1658- 1659: Lord Protector Charles II 1659 – 1685: the Restoration, Great Fire, Great Plague, Wren: St. Paul’s Cathedral James II 1685 – 1689: the Glorious Revolution William III Orange 1689 – 1702: Bill of Rights

11. The timeline Go to the British History Timeline http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/tim elines/british/index_embed.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/tim elines/british/index_embed.shtml

12. The documents Petition of Rights 1628: a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha1/3/1 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha1/3/1 Habeas corpus Act 1640: the new Magna Charta, against the illegal detention of a man Bill of Rights 1689: the foundation of Parliamentary Monarchy: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/england.asp http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/england.asp

13. Exercises From English Teaching Resources Timesaver British History Highlights: English Civil War pp. 50-51 (very easy)

14. Play Hoop Shoot with Oliver Cromwell http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/hoops hoot/hoop_cromwell.html http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/hoops hoot/hoop_cromwell.html