This tag: Modern history
Life and times of Charles I and Henrietta Maria Charles was never meant to be king but rose to the challenge and he and Henrietta led a glittering court. Sadly they were at odds with Parliament and the people which led to Civil War. This course was run at the Queen’s House Greenwich on Saturday… Read more »
- Posted on: January 20, 2018
- Featured in History, Kings and Queens
- Also tagged Art History, British Kings and Queens, British Museum, English Composer, European History, Greenwich, London History, Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time, National Maritime Museum, The Queen's House Greenwich, The Stuarts, Women's history
This tag: Modern history
Charles was never meant to be king but rose to the challenge and he and Henrietta led a glittering court. Sadly they were at odds with Parliament and the people which led to Civil War.
This tag: Modern history
The Life and Times of James VI & I This one day course was run at the City Lit on Sunday 26th November 2017. James was already king of Scotland when he succeeded Elizabeth I in 1603. In fact he had been a king virtually his whole life when he became the first monarch of… Read more »
- Posted on: November 19, 2017
- Featured in History, Kings and Queens
- Also tagged British Kings and Queens, British Museum, English Composer, European History, Greenwich, James VI & I, London History, Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time, Scottish History