Charles I Storms the Houses of Parliament
Charles I Storms the Houses of Parliament Author: William Lenthall, Speaker of the House of Commons Wikipedia Breaking Point King Charles I (1600-1649) and his parliament were enemies. The king wanted to rule as an autocratic monarch without answering to a parliament. He believed in the Divine Right of Kings and therefore answered only to God, but he had been forced to recall parliament to gain funds for military action in Scotland. Long harboured resentments, new and clear suspicions and escalating tensions could only end disastrously. As 1641 turned to 1642 Charles I reasoned that five poli...