1649, Charles I, Key Questions, Series, Talks
Charles I – The road to execution
How culpable was Charles I in causing the British Civil Wars? Why did his army lose and why was he executed? Answering these questions are two noted historians, Edward Vallance and Andrew Hopper.
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Andrew Hopper
Professor of Local and Social HistoryAndrew Hopper is Professor of Local and Social History in the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Kellogg College. He is a specialist on early modern British history. He graduated from the University of York in 1993, before returning to complete a MA and doctoral thesis on the…
Ted Vallance
Director of the Graduate School, University of RoehamptonTed Vallance is Professor of History at the University of Roehampton. He is the author of four books, most recently Loyalty, Memory and Public Opinion in England, 1658-1727 (MUP, 2021). He is currently writing a new history of the trial and execution of Charles I.





