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The Stuarts

Presented by Dr Clare Jackson of Cambridge University, this three-part series argues that the Stuarts, more than any other, were Britain's defining royal family.

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Supporting Content

  • How King Charles I could have missed a chance to end the war with victory at Edgehill

    Duration: 5:30
  • The politics, ambitions and tensions of Stuart Scotland

  • James VI and I and the three Kingdoms—Learning clips, The War of the Three Kingdoms, 1603-51

    Duration: 5:19
  • The Thistle and the Rose—Learning clips, The War of the Three Kingdoms, 1603-51

    Duration: 3:03
  • The first London Parliament of James VI and I—Learning clips, The War of the Three Kingdoms, 1603-51

    Duration: 4:17
  • The Secret Treaty of Dover—A Family at War

    Duration: 2:45
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