Lot 118
SESSION OF THE LONDON PARLIAMENT - VERDICT ON EARL STAFFORD
1643
copper engraving, paper
24 x 26,5 cm (h x w)
sign. in the plate: W. Hollar fecit
| 20 €
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Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford was a fairly consistent supporter of absolutism. He demanded uncompromising action against opposition associated with the Scottish rebels. But he was charged by Parliament with overreach and treason, imprisoned and tried. Charles I initially promised him his support, but in the end, for the sake of his own position, he was forced to give the court a free hand. The death penalty was passed by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords on 7 May 1641, and his execution was a public sensation that foreshadowed the coming English Civil War.
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