Charles I : unhero of royalist poetry

During the English Civil War, Charles I appeared as a character in Royalist poetry, both directly and allegorically. These depictions drew on ancient Roman epic poems, particularly Lucan’s De Bello Civili, in their treatment of the subject matter of civil war and Charles as an epic hero. Though the authors of these poems supported Charles, their depictions of him and his reign reveal anxiety about his weakness as a ruler. In comparison to the cults of personality surrounding his predecessors and the heroes of De Bello Civili, his cult appears bland and forced. The lack of enthusiasm surrounding Charles I may help to explain his downfall at the hands of his Parliamentarian opponents.  

Charles I and Oliver Cromwell.

Se estudia este turbulento período de la historia británica, en el que estalla el conflicto entre la Corona y el Estado que llevó a la guerra civil. Se repasan los problemas del reinado de Carlos I, su figura como mecenas de las artes, el ascenso al poder de Oliver Cromwell, las causas de la guerra que dividió al país, así como la vida durante el período de los Estuardo y los inventos y descubrimientos de la época.

The picture gallery of Charles I.

Mode of access: Internet.

Charles I (1600-1649)

Anthony van Dyck; 2 ft. 9 15/64 in.x 3 ft. 3 9/64 in.; oil on canvas

A constitutional history of the British empire, from the accession of Charles I. to the restoration: with an introduction, tracing the progress of society and of the constitution from the feudal times to the opening of the history, and including a particular examination of Mr. Hume's statements relative to the character of the English government.

Mode of access: Internet.

Omitted chapters of the history of England from the death of Charles I. to the battle of Dunbar.

Vol. II. has title: History of the commonwealth of England from the death of Charles I to the expulsion of the Long Parliament by Cromwell: being omitted chapters of the history of England.

Diary and correspondence of John Evelyn, F. R. S. To which is subjoined the private correspondence between King Charles I. and Sir Edward Nicholas, and between Sir Edward Hyde, afterwards earl of Clarendon, and Sir Richard Browne.

Mode of access: Internet.

The Eloquence of the British Senate; being a selection of the best speeches of the most distinguished English, Irish, and Scotch Parliamentary speakers, from the beginning of the reign of Charles I, to the present time. With notes, biographical, critical, and explanatory by William Hazlitt.

Mode of access: Internet.

The poems of Thomas Carew, sewer in ordinary to Charles I. and a gentleman of his privy chamber. Now first collected and edited with notes from the former editions and new notes and a memoir by W. Carew Hazlitt. The text formed from a collation of all the old printed copies and many early mss.

Bibliography: p. ix-xvii.

The personal government of Charles I. A history of England from the assassination of the Duke of Buckingham to the declaration of the judges on ship-money; 1628-1637.

Mode of access: Internet.

The bibliography and extant portraits of Arthur Johnston, M.D., physician to James VI. and Charles I.

Mode of access: Internet.

Calendar of state papers, domestic series, of the reign of Charles I ... Preserved in the State paper department of Her Majesty's Public record office ...

Editors: v. 1-13, John Bruce (with William Douglas Hamilton, v. 13).--v. 14-23, William Douglas Hamilton (with Sophia Crawford Lomas, v. 23)

Calendar of state papers, Domestic series, of the reign of Charles I, 1625-[1649]

Mode of access: Internet.