Charles I., his ignoble peace, 19;
his private character, 25;
helplessness of English arms under his rule, 26;
his Third Parliament, 27;
yields to Petition of Right, 28;
his dissolution of his Third Parliament, 31;
rejects Petition of Right, 32;
embarks on Bishops’ Wars, 40;
his attitude toward the Long Parliament, 51;
betrays Strafford, 52;
makes terms with the Scotch, 55;
imprisons Puritan leaders, 57;
his adherents in the Commons, 61;
marches on London, 71;
turn of tide in his favor, 79;
makes overtures to the Irish, 84;
defeats Waller at Copredy Bridge, 91;
his army at Newbury, 92;
at Naseby, 95–97;
surrenders to Scotch army, 98;
English servility toward him, 101;
his treachery, 104;
supported by Presbyterians, 109;
“the man of blood,” 114;
his non-acceptance of his defeat, 115;
negotiates with the army and Parliament, 117 _et seq._;
Cromwell attempts terms with him, 119;
Yorkshire support for, 121;
Scotch attitude toward him, 123;
his tenacity, 132;
negotiations with the army, 134;
he rejects Fairfax’s proposals, 135;
his trial for treason, 136;
beheaded, 137;
his character, 137–140;
his policy in Ireland, 146;
Catholic allegiance to him, 147;
his imprisonment, 148;
effect of his execution on Ireland, 150;
his death due to Parliamentarians, 178;
his execution, 217;
anniversary of his death observed, 240
Charles II., the fleet loyal to him, 130;
proclaimed King at Cork, 150;
the Scotch declare for him, 162;
lands in Scotland, 165 _et seq._;
supported by Scotch Cavaliers, 172;
crosses into England, 174;
his escape from Worcester, 175;
his exile, 178;
influences for his restoration, 209;
England in his time, 225;
his re-establishment, 232;
his mistresses, 240
Charles X., of Sweden, 226
Chester, seized by Royalists, 121;
negotiations there, 148
Christianity, heterodoxy in Parliamentary, 108
Church and State, Puritan theories of, 114;
reform in, 195
Churchmen, arbitrary power of, 161
Civil War.
_See American Civil War_
Civil War, First English, the fiery ordeal of, 20;
begun by Charles, 57;
its chief leaders cavalrymen, 60;
its blunders contrasted with American Civil War, 62;
English soldiery in, 91;
its slow progress, 94;
type of its generals, 95;
practically ends at Naseby, 97;
its effects on Cromwell, 104;
Irish share in, 122;
exchange of prisoners, 128
Civil War, Second English, its beginning, 121;
ended at Preston, 130;
results, 131;
Carlyle’s opinion of, 235
Clergy, 78, 92;
threatened by Protectorate Assembly, 193
Clonmel, capture of, 162
Clubmen, peasant organization, 62
Cock-fighting, suppressed under Protectorate, 213
Colchester, seized by Royalists, 121;
capitulation of, 130
Colonial policy, Spain’s, 224
Colonial possessions, Spanish, 227;
Dutch, 17, 18, 182
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