Charles I: The Court at War

Charles I had to set up court in various locations during the Civil War including, most importantly, Oxford. This lecture describes these unusual palaces.

A lecture by Simon Thurley CBE, Visiting Professor of the Built Environment
06 November 2019 6PM GMT
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During the Civil War Charles I’s court, denied access to its usual country residences, was forced to set itself up in a series of makeshift locations. The most important of these was Oxford which Charles converted into a large and well-organised courtly campus. Oxford, and a series of other temporary ‘palaces’, had to be both elegant court centres and efficient military headquarters; these very unusual royal houses cast new light on the key protagonists in England’s Civil War.

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