History School at Orange Box.
Learn about Thomas Fairfax- A Yorkshireman’s Civil War and explore Fairfax’s role in the Bishops’ War and the Fairfax position in the escalating dispute between King and Parliament.
We will chart Fairfax’s swift progression through the first and second civil wars from local politics to the national scene. From there we will move on to the trial of the king, regicide and the establishment of a republic. We will consider his role at Colchester and Burford.
We will explore Fairfax’s relationship with his wife Anne the key political figures of the period and also Fairfax’s literary contributions.
* £20. Email thehistoryjar@gmail.com
