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The 12 pages that link to Execution of Charles I of England, each with the reason it gives.

• English Civil WarBroader topic: It marked the most radical outcome of Parliament’s victory and led to a republic.

• Divine right of kingsBroader topic: The trial and execution rejected the claim that a king could not be judged by earthly subjects.

• Charles I of EnglandBroader topic: His execution made the defeat of the king irreversible and shocked European monarchies.

• Oliver CromwellRelated: Cromwell supported the regicide, which ended the monarchy for eleven years.

• The ProtectorateBroader topic: The execution made a return to ordinary monarchy politically and constitutionally contested.

• Commonwealth of EnglandRelated: The regicide cleared the way for Parliament to abolish the monarchy.

• Long ParliamentBroader topic: The Rump Parliament authorized the trial that led to the king’s execution.

• Pride's PurgeRelated: The reduced Commons authorized the king's execution after the purge.

• Second English Civil WarRelated: It followed the war and ended the king’s personal rule.

• Wars of the Three KingdomsBroader topic: The king’s execution marked Parliament’s rejection of monarchy as the immediate settlement.

• Battle of Marston MoorRelated: Marston Moor weakened the king’s forces in a conflict that ultimately ended with his execution.

• Stuart RestorationRelated: The execution had abolished the monarchy that returned in 1660.