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The ‘Royal Portrait’ and the Commonwealth of King Jesus
February 9th 1649 saw the publication of the so called Eikon Basilike (Greek: Εἰκὼν Βασιλική, the ‘Royal Portrait’), an anonymous ‘hagiography’ of the newly executed King Charles I as martyr, attributed to Charles himself, but more likely the work of others; some as yet quite probably unidentified. As is always the case, scholars are divided as to the true authorship of the work. Whatever the truth though, the speedy impeachment and speedier death of the unfortunate King in the wake of the Second English Civil War would usher in what many of the King’s enemies would see as golden age of religious freedom described by Professor Alec Ryrie in his November 2016 Gresham College Lecture as ‘The Republic of King Jesus’. Continue reading
‘To Kill A King!’ From Execution to Restoration, The Act of Prohibition of 1649
The 29th January 1649 is perhaps the most momentous day in the history of the English Monarchy, for it was on this fateful Monday that the last of the fifty nine of the Commissioners, who had previously sat in judgement at the trial of King Charles I and would now make themselves complicit in his execution, came together in Westminster to sign the death warrant for the execution of the King. Continue reading
Pleased to See the King: Twelfth Night, Paganism and the Execution of King Charles I
This year’s celebratory Christmas post from the ‘Lord Thomas Grey’s Regiment of Foot’ English Civil War blogspot looked at Puritan attitudes to the Festive Season; with particular reference to Parliament’s decision, in 1644, to replace the usual Christmas festivities with what is generally referred to in the language of the time as a ‘Solemn Fast’. Continue reading
The Great Conjunction of 1623 and the Rosicrucian Enlightenment
Much mainstream media attention is currently focused on the imminent conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter which is scheduled to take place on Monday 21st December 2020, and which is being hailed as the first Astronomical event of its kind since 1623. At the time of the Great Conjunction of 1623 Europe was in the throes of the Thirty Years War. A series of events that had been sparked off by the Bohemian Revolt of 1618 to 1620. The Great Conjunction of 1623 took place in the Sign of Leo, the sign of Sun Kings, Holy Roman Emperors, autocrats and despots. Although the 2020 Conjunction has Saturn in Aquarius, the fact that Jupiter and Pluto are still in Capricorn suggests that this Astrological, and Astronomical event, will be no less problematic for some of those in the political sphere who are out of favour with the Globalized Ruling Elite, with Uranus in Taurus making a direct square to our contemporary Aquarian Saturn. Continue reading
Posted in Rosicrucian Enlightenment, The World Turned Upside Down
Tagged Battle of White Mountain, Bohemian estates, Bohemian Revolt, Dr. John Dee, Emperor Rudolf II, Frederick V of the Upper Palatinate, Great Conjunction of 1623, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Prague, Rabbi Loew, Robert Fludd, Rosicrucian Manifestos, The Golem, The Winter King, Thirty Years War
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Charles Stuart ‘that Man of Blood’!
The execution of King Charles I on 30th January 1649 was perhaps the singlemost revolutionary act to have taken place on English soil since the Norman Conquest of 1066. The last time an English monarch had been deposed, apart from … Continue reading
Impeachment! A World Turned Upside Down?
With Donald Trump about to join Bill Clinton, Richard Nixon and Andrew Johnson as only the fourth President in the history of the United States to face an impeachment trial, it is perhaps unsruprising that few in America and even … Continue reading
The Forest of Dean Riots and the Loughton Leveller
In an earlier post on this blog we looked at the celebrated ‘Charter of the Forest’, described by the organizers of ‘The New Putney Debates‘ as ‘a companion document to the better-known Magna Carta’, first enacted in November 2017, and … Continue reading
Posted in New Putney Debates, The Levellers, The World Turned Upside Down
Tagged Beating of the Bounds, Charter of the Forest, Custom Law and Common Right, Diggers, Epping Forest, Forest of Dean, Forest of Dean Riots, Levellers, Magna Carta, New Forest, New Forest Commoners, Thomas Willingale, Warren James
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Remember, Remember, the Sixth of December!
The sixth of December 1648 was an important day in English Parliamentary history, but one that is often forgotten and rarely invoked by commentators on the British Parliamentary system generally. The reasons for this, although probably complex, are perhaps rooted … Continue reading
Posted in Pride's Purge, The World Turned Upside Down
Tagged Army Grandees, Colonel Thomas Pride, John Bradshaw, Levellers, Lord Grey of Groby, Magna Carta, Nathaniel Rich, New Model Army, Oliver Cromwell, Petition of Right, Pride's Purge, Royal Prerogative, Second Civil War, Solemn Engagement, The Man of Blood
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Remember! Remember, the Sixth of November! It’s 800 Years Since the Signing of the Charter of the Forest!
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The World Turned Upside Down: The Trials of Freeborn John
June and July are interesting months in the historical chronology of the Levellers. Three hundred and seventy two years ago next month sees the anniversary of the arrest of John Lilburne, the famous Leveller agitator, for the alleged slandering of William Lenthall, at that time the Speaker of the House of Commons.
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