Hello everyone and welcome back to the History of England at a Gallup, 1629 to 1638, the Personal

Rule. This episode covers the period dealt with in 11 episodes, 358 to 368, just a reminder

that you do not need to listen to this episode at all. You can just keep on going with

the number detailed episodes, but if you would like a refresher or a sneak preview of the

themes of the period just before this, don't mind plot spoilers, then this is for you.

Now, the last time we heard how Charles surfed up to the beach of kingship on a wave of

popularity in the wake of his rejection of Spain, and a new enthusiasm for fighting the

good Protestant fight. With all his might, no, anyway. We heard how Charles is failure

to resolve concerns about the authoritarian nature of Stuart government and his enthusiasm

for our minion religious views had flipped his board and buried his relationship under

the rollers. How's the surfing metaphor going, by the way? By the end of 1620s, at the dramatic

events of the Parliament of 1629, words had been spoken that could not be unspoken. The

concept of treason against the people, for example, had been floated. Charles turned

his back then on the chewed a tradition of consensual rule, convinced that a small group

of unprincipled malignants had taken Parliament hostage and were determined to usurp his rightful

authority for no good reason. He would now listen to new councils, as he called them, and he

would rule alone without utensils. Just as a king comes naked and alone into this world,

so he would rule, but not naked, obviously, but alone, without Parliament. It was reported

that in March 1629, as he dissolved Parliament, he warned his courtiers grimly that, we shall

account it presumptuous for any, to describe at any time unto us, for parliaments.

Well, in this episode, we are going to hear how that goes for him and how that goes for his people.

Now, when the world was happy and wikish, this is a period known as the eleventh year's tyranny,

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