Stuart England

This 6 week course will cover the reigns of the Stuart Kings and Queens from 1603 to 1714 and provide an insight into the events of that time. We will also attempt to throw some light on Oliver Cromwell’s divisive period of Republican Commonwealth, including his wars with the Netherlands (trade) and Ireland (religion). The Stuart period was a tumultuous time in English history covering religious squabbles, civil strife, regicide, pestilence, wars and Commonwealth. But it was also a time of great architecture, theatre and laid the foundations of both the British Empire and modern parliament.