The Stewart is the ruling dynasty of Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and England from 1603 to 1714. Life history of monarchs of England, Scotland and Ireland. A fundamental change in English economy and society, religious conflicts during board Stewarts.
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The dinasty of Stuarts The ruling dynasty of Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and England from 1603 to 1714. The Stewart (Stuart is the French form of the name, which became accepted in England) dynasty took its name from the office of steward of Scotland. The Stuarts were one of England`s least successful dynasties. Charles I was put on public trial for treason and was publicly beheaded; James II fled the country fearing a similar fate, and abandoned his kingdom and throne. James I and Charles II died peacefully in their beds, but James I lived to see all his hopes fade and ambitions thwarted, while Charles II, although he had the trapping of success, was a curiously unambitious man, whose desire for a quiet life was not achieved until it was too late for him to enjoy it. Towering above the Stuart age were the two decades of civil war, revolution, and republican experiment which ought to have changed fundamentally the course of English history, but which did so, if at all, very elusively. Whilst kings and generals