#232 | When Britain Killed Its King
English Learning for Curious Minds
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The Second English Civil War
King charles surrendered to the scottish army in 16 forty six, who were on the side of the parliamentarians. After trying his luck negotiating both with parliament and the scots, he was handed over to parliament in 16 forty seven. And in january of six forty nine, he was accused of treason - a charge against him that he had tried to achieve a tyrannical power. He stood trial, although he refused to accept the legality of the process, and he was unsurprisingly, found guilty. As we heard at the start of the episode, he was beheaded at whitehall in london on the thirtieth of January 16 forty nine british monarchs had been
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