Aftershocks 1650 - 1701
Battle scene
Dictator or democratic trailblazer?
A brutal, joyless dictator or the man who set in train the democracy we enjoy today? Whatever you feel about Cromwell's achievements, it's undeniable he was puritan made.
Charles I's execution solved one problem but created others - who would govern and with what authority? After the war, came the aftershocks.
Bringing back the crown
The imperfect development of political consciousness in the mid- seventeenth century is revealed in the Stuart Restoration.
Torbay: heart of revolution
Fear that geneoristy to Catholics might lead to a full switch back to Rome sparked the Glorious Revolution.
