Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 13th November 2025

Time: 2:45pm **PLEASE NOTE EARLIER START TIME*

Venue: Newport Minster, St Thomas’ Square, NEWPORT, IW PO30 1BG

Description: In 1642, England fell into Civil War. Before this epoch-making collapse, there was a political crisis that saw King Charles I lose control of his capital. It was a time of political intrigue, the gathering of armed forces, and mass protests on the streets of London and Westminster. This talk tells the story of that crisis - the breakdown that brought on the English Civil War, and looks at some of the characters who navigated, and helped to make, this critical moment in history.

Price: Associate membership: £10 per year. Talks free to national HA members and students, visitors £3.

Tel: 07988 171 708

Email: jacobscme@gmail.com

Website: https://www.facebook.com/HistoricalAssociationIW

Organiser: All enquiries to Caroline Jacobs

Lecturer: Dr Jonathan Healey Associate Professor in Social History, Kellogg College, University of Oxford

Region: South-East England

Branch: Isle of Wight