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SUMMARY:‘For parliament or king?’: The city and the civil war
DESCRIPTION:The civil war years of the 1640s were amongst the most tum
 ultuous in history. People of all classes who had previously co-existe
 d peacefully suddenly found themselves opposing each other on politica
 l, religious, and economic grounds. Society was literally ‘by the sw
 ord divided’.\nCity of London guide Robin Rowles’ short talk exami
 nes a few strands of how the civil wars impacted on the City of London
 ; its citizens, and other stakeholders. The ‘London factor’ was vi
 tal to the outcome of the war: had the City supported the king, instea
 d of parliament, the royalists might have won. \nThe Livery Companies
  that regulated trade and commerce in the city. What was their contrib
 ution to the parliamentarian war-machine? And the ordinary citizen, ca
 lled upon to fight and pay new taxes. And what of the churches, once p
 laces of spiritual respite but now centres of impassioned debate. Pres
 iding over all was the Corporation of London. The Lord Mayor, Aldermen
  and Common Council: to whom should they pledge their loyalty, the kin
 g or parliament?\n\nFor more information visit http://www.goldenlanees
 tate.org/events/for-parliament-or-king-the-city-and-the-civil-war
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CATEGORIES:free, talk, -, just, turn, up
LOCATION:Barbican Library
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ORGANIZER;CN="Helen Tremaine":http://www.goldenlaneestate.org/profile/
 HelenTremaine
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Helen Tr
 emaine":http://www.goldenlaneestate.org/profile/HelenTremaine
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