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The Head without a Crown and the body
The United Kingdom is one of the oldest constitutional monarchies in the world. Starting with Magna Carta in 1215 CE, England went slowly but surely in the direction of having an overseeing community and then a constitution that kept the power of crown under check. And with that in place, they also were the first power perhaps to try their own King, a sovereign, in a court of law and sentence him to death. When King Charles I was executed as Citizen Charles Stuart by his own people, it was unprecedented.
In today's episode we are going to talk about a brief period where England had no formal monarch. You will see that the person who was the leader of this period was a head of state, head of government and once monarchy was resorted, all was left was just his head, quite literally. So get on your time machines and lets travel to London exactly 361 years back to the day to view the stomach churning story of Mr. Oliver Cromwell.
You can listen to the story here on in a platform of your choice from www.masalahistorybysiva.in
#ukhistory #england #cromwell #englishhistory
#kingcharles #revenge #head #headofstate
#masalahistory #unitedkingdom #royalty
#commonwealth
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By Sivakumar Sethuraman
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The United Kingdom is one of the oldest constitutional monarchies in the world. Starting with Magna Carta in 1215 CE, England went slowly but surely in the direction of having an overseeing community and then a constitution that kept the power of crown under check. And with that in place, they also were the first power perhaps to try their own King, a sovereign, in a court of law and sentence him to death. When King Charles I was executed as Citizen Charles Stuart by his own people, it was unprecedented.
In today's episode we are going to talk about a brief period where England had no formal monarch. You will see that the person who was the leader of this period was a head of state, head of government and once monarchy was resorted, all was left was just his head, quite literally. So get on your time machines and lets travel to London exactly 361 years back to the day to view the stomach churning story of Mr. Oliver Cromwell.
You can listen to the story here on in a platform of your choice from www.masalahistorybysiva.in
#ukhistory #england #cromwell #englishhistory
#kingcharles #revenge #head #headofstate
#masalahistory #unitedkingdom #royalty
#commonwealth