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Charles I and his Parliament
By Clay Lane
Charles took his rights and duties as a King with religious seriousness, but Parliament’s sense of both right and duty was just as strong.
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Interregnum
When Parliament overthrew the capricious tyranny of Charles I, it discovered an uncomfortable truth about power.
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A Pledge to the People
By Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke pleaded with Parliament to emerge from behind closed doors and reconnect with the British public.
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The Rainhill Trials
To prove that steam power was the future of railways, George Stephenson held a truly historic competition.
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Cuthbert and the Phantom Fire
The Northumbrian saint warned of an enemy who would stop at nothing to silence the good news.
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India’s First Railway
The opening of the Bombay to Thane line was the real beginning of British India.
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