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The English Civil War

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Charles and the Scots in the War of Three Kingdoms

Charles I says that yes okay he makes mistakes but he often has some quite good people around him. And one of the great things about the politics of this period is that it's so full of interesting characters and interesting principles. Claire: Is there an argument for saying that there should be more focus on Scotland and Ireland in understanding how the British Isles came to the crisis of the 1640s and 50s?

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