Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford.
King Charles I
Standard Name: Charles I, King
Used Form: King Charles the First
Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Production | Roma White | RW
published a historical novel set in Lancashire during the reign of Charles I
and titled The Changeling of Brandlesome. Dated from the Bodleian Library
date stamp. |
| Textual Production | Hannah Mary Rathbone | The full title is So Much of the Diary of Lady Willoughby as Relates to Her Domestic History, and the Eventful Period of the Reign of Charles the First. Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true. |
| Textual Production | Lady Eleanor Douglas | LED
seems to have marked Charles I
's trial by a series of tracts. Douglas, Lady Eleanor. Prophetic Writings of Lady Eleanor Davies. Editor Cope, Esther S., Oxford University Press. 245ff |
| Textual Production | Emma Robinson | ER
's play Richelieu
in Love; or, The Youth of Charles I was in print, anonymously, for she wrote to J. R. Planché
reminding him about it and enclosing (as a pamphlet) a printed copy. OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. Planché, James Robinson. The Recollections and Reflections of J.R. Planché. Tinsley Brothers. 2:97-8 |
| Textual Production | Lady Eleanor Douglas | In The Everlasting Gospel, LED
looked back at the period of Charles I
's reign and her own prophetic career. Douglas, Lady Eleanor. Prophetic Writings of Lady Eleanor Davies. Editor Cope, Esther S., Oxford University Press. 285ff |
| Textual Production | Bathsua Makin | BM
wrote elegies on the deaths of two children of Lady Huntingdon
. Her Latin elegy for Henry, Lord Hastings
(grandson of Lady Eleanor Douglas
, who died on 24 June 1649), was never printed... |
| Textual Production | Emma Robinson | ER
anonymously published Whitehall; or, The Days of Charles I, the second of her historical novels. Athenæum. J. Lection. 927(1845): 763 |
| Textual Production | Lady Eleanor Douglas | LED
commemorated the fatal anniversary of Charles I
's execution in The Bill of Excommunication. Douglas, Lady Eleanor. Prophetic Writings of Lady Eleanor Davies. Editor Cope, Esther S., Oxford University Press. 293ff |
| Textual Production | Hester Shaw | Sixty midwives participated in this action, though it is not known who wrote the petition. It was presented to the king
, the College of Physicians
, and the Archbishop of Canterbury
. |
| Textual Production | Lucy Aikin | For her Memoirs of the Court of King Charles the First, again in two volumes, LA
drew on manuscript as well as printed sources. Aikin, Lucy. Memoirs of the Court of King Charles the First. Longman. title-page Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Textual Production | Mary Astell | This royalist manifesto, while making a show of interpreting the Whig Dr White Kennett
's sermon on 31 January (the anniversary of the death of Charles I
) as loyal praise of the Royal Martyr... |
| Textual Production | Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland | |
| Textual Production | Jean Plaidy | In the last decade of her life, JP
published another twelve historical novels under this name: a thirteenth appeared in the year of her death, 1993. Some of these novels revisit ground or people covered... |
| Textual Production | Anna Trapnel | The title-page leaves no doubt of the political implications of her message. It reads Strange and Wonderful Newes from White-Hall; or, The Mighty Visions Proceeding from Mistris Anna Trapnel, to divers Collonels, Ladies, and Gentlewomen... |
| Textual Production | Mary Fage |
Timeline
18 December 1640: William Laud, Charles I's unpopular High...
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18 December 1640
William Laud
, Charles I
's unpopular High Church Archbishop of Canterbury, was arrested and charged with high treason. He was sent to the Tower of London in spring 1641.
12 May 1641: Charles I's favourite, the Earl of Strafford,...
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12 May 1641
23 October 1641: Many Protestants (but perhaps not so many...
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23 October 1641
Many Protestants (but perhaps not so many as reported) were killed in a Rebellion or massacre in Ulster.
22 November 1641: Late at night John Pym's demand, the Grand...
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22 November 1641
Late at night John Pym
's demand, the Grand Remonstrance, passed through Parliament
.
4 January 1642: Charles I entered the House of Commons with...
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4 January 1642
Charles I
entered the House of Commons
with the intention of arresting the five men he regarded as opposition ringleaders, including Pym
and Hampden
; the result was a public-relations defeat for the monarchy.
23 February 1642: Queen Henrietta Maria parted from her husband,...
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23 February 1642
Queen Henrietta Maria
parted from her husband, Charles I
, and sailed from England to Holland, probably because her unpopularity was one of the problems he faced at home.
20 August 1642: Charles I raised his standard at Nottingham...
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20 August 1642
Charles I
raised his standard at Nottingham with the intention of reducing his rebellious people to subjection: thus began the English Civil War.
November 1642: After winning the first battle of Edgehill,...
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November 1642
After winning the first battle of Edgehill, Charles I
's forces marched on London, but instead of attacking the city's strong and still increasing fortifications they then retreated to Oxford.
30 March 1643: An altarpiece by Rubens in Henrietta Maria's...
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30 March 1643
An altarpiece by Rubens
in Henrietta Maria
's Roman Catholic
chapel in Somerset House, London (his only depiction of Christ on the cross), was destroyed by iconoclasts.
10 January 1645: William Laud, Charles I's unpopular High...
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10 January 1645
William Laud
, Charles I
's unpopular High Church Archbishop of Canterbury, impeached the previous autumn, was executed.
14 June 1645: Cromwell's New Model Army scored its first...
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14 June 1645
Cromwell
's New Model Army
scored its first signal victory, at the battle of Naseby in Northamptonshire. This defeat for Charles I
was a step towards his surrender in May 1646 and the end...
From Summer 1645: Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army gradually...
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From Summer 1645
5 May 1646: King Charles I surrendered to the Scots Covenanters,...
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5 May 1646
King Charles I
surrendered to the Scots Covenanters
, with whom he had been at war for seven years.
27 May 1647: Parliament ordered the New Model Army to...
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27 May 1647
Parliament
ordered the New Model Army to disband: a tactical error which merely intensified the army's politicization.
3 June 1647: Charles I passed into the custody of Cromwell's...
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3 June 1647
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