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Book Title: The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 Author: Jonathan Healey Headline: Charles I's Personal Rule and the Scottish Revolt After dismissing Parliament in 1629, Charles I ruled personally, relying on figures like A

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🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Book Title: The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603-1689 Author: Jonathan HealeyHeadline: Charles I's Personal Rule and the Scottish Revolt

After dismissing Parliament in 1629, Charles I ruled personally, relying on figures like Archbishop William Laud and the Earl of Strafford. Their controversial religious policies and "arbitrary" actions, such as the Ship Money tax, generated significant opposition. The King's attempt to impose a new prayer book on Scotland in 1637 led to a revolt, ultimately collapsing his rule in England and leading to Laud and Strafford's arrests.
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I'm John Dutcher with Jonathan Healy. Professor Jonathan Healy, a social historian,

0:29.3

an associate professor at Oxford University. His new book is The Blazing World,

0:33.7

a new history of the Revolutionary England, 1603 to 1689. Jonathan mentions the

0:39.8

Scottish Revolt, but that's the first of many rising up against the absolute power of

0:45.2

the king. We need now to go quickly through the 1630s and the 1640s because the king's power

0:52.1

is challenged not only by religionists, but also by people who have been

1:00.1

disappointed about his way of exacting penalties, exacting taxes, and what is an effect

1:08.3

tyrannical. The word tyranny is used all the time.

1:11.6

Jonathan, the fighting begins almost casually in the early 1640s, with the king riding around with retainers,

1:21.6

that is to say, his private army, traveling with him. At the time, there was no army is that correct that when you when the king needed men to

1:31.3

fight with him

1:32.3

he called to his lords and they'd raise the army so is the king understood to be

1:37.5

at this point ordinary walk uh... riding

1:40.8

with his protectors or is this seen to be a step back a weakness on his part?

1:46.0

Well, I mean, he's the, if you like the sort of, the kind of Rubicon moment, if you like, is when in,

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