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GCSE History · key term
The killing of a monarch; the term also describes a person involved in such a killing, particularly those responsible for Charles I’s trial and execution.
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Paper 2
A person involved in the killing of a monarch; at the Restoration, the term particularly referred to those responsible for Charles I’s trial and execution.
Revise: Crown and ParliamentThe regicides were a major exception. Thirty-three surviving participants in Charles I’s trial and execution were brought to trial as traitors. They lost their estates and received death sentences, although some sentences were changed to life imprisonment.
Paper 2, Paper 3
The pardon was broad, but not universal. Regicides were excluded, and not all those sentenced to death were executed.
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A person directly involved in the trial and execution of Charles I; more generally, someone responsible for killing a monarch.