Professor Kate Williams assesses the reign of King James I, England's first Stuart king. She explores how he claimed the English throne, fought the Thirty Years' War, and contended with the Gunpowder Plot.
Professor Kate Williams examines the reign of Charles I, the king whose rule was marred by religious upheaval and, ultimately, a violent civil war that would lead to his beheading in 1649.
With the death of Oliver Cromwell in 1658, King Charles II returns from exile. Professor Kate Williams studies his reign and events including both an outbreak of bubonic plague and the Great Fire of London.
Professor Kate Williams reflects on the reign of King James II, the Catholic king whose rule lasted only three years and ended in his deposition during the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
