Despite being born in Scotland, Charles I left as a young child and did not return until he was in his thirties. Nevertheless, he tried to enforce his will much as his father had done. In one of the worst homecomings in history, the king would thoroughly antagonise vast numbers of his subjects.

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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:

• Russell, C The Causes of the English Civil War
• Kishlansky, M, Monarchy Transformed
• Harris, T. Rebellion 
• Keynon, Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars
• Adams, Goodare, Scotland in the Age of Two Revolutions.

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