Life in the Royalist Capital – the Oxford Experience
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Vanessa Emmett discusses the role of Oxford's citizens in supporting the Royalist war effort during the English Civil Wars.
In this programme, Vanessa Emmett, a doctoral student in English Local History at Kellogg College at the University of Oxford, discusses the contribution of Oxford’s citizens to the Royalist war effort between 1642 and 1646. When King Charles I and his court arrived in Oxford to take up residence in November 1642, he was welcomed by ... Read more
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