The Civil Wars culminate in Parliament’s New Model Army defeating Charles I, trying him for treason, and executing him in 1649.

Charles I rules without Parliament, provokes Scotland, faces the Long Parliament, and raises his standard as civil war begins.

James I unites the crowns, survives the Gunpowder Plot, sponsors the King James Bible, and clashes with Parliament over divine right and money.

Elizabeth's settlement of 1559, Mary Queen of Scots and Fotheringhay, the Armada, Tilbury, Drake and Shakespeare's London, and the end of the Tudors in 1603.

Mary I's Catholic restoration, the Oxford Martyrs - Latimer, Ridley and Cranmer - and the loss of Calais.

Edward VI and his regents, Cranmer's Book of Common Prayer, the Prayer Book Rebellion, and Lady Jane Grey's nine days.

Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr, Cromwell's fall, and Henry's death in 1547.

Wolsey's fall, Cromwell and Cranmer, the Act of Supremacy 1534, More and Fisher, the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and the Pilgrimage of Grace.

Henry VII's careful hoard, Arthur and Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's accession, Wolsey and the Field of the Cloth of Gold, and the annulment question.

Henry IV and Glyndwr, Agincourt, Joan of Arc, Towton, and Bosworth Field.

Henry IV and Glyndwr, Agincourt, Joan of Arc, Towton, and Bosworth Field.

Henry IV and Glyndwr, Agincourt, Joan of Arc, Towton, and Bosworth Field.

Edward II and Bannockburn, Crecy, the Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt, and the deposition of Richard II.

Edward II and Bannockburn, Crecy, the Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt, and the deposition of Richard II.

Henry III and Simon de Montfort, Evesham, and Edward I in Wales and Scotland.

Henry III and Simon de Montfort, Evesham, and Edward I in Wales and Scotland.

Henry II and Becket, Richard the Lionheart, King John, and Runnymede.

Henry II and Becket, Richard the Lionheart, King John, and Runnymede.

The Harrying of the North, the Domesday Book, the White Ship, and the Anarchy.

The Harrying of the North, the Domesday Book, the White Ship, and the Anarchy.

Edgar the Peaceful, Aethelred the Unready, Cnut's North Sea empire, and 1066 from Stamford Bridge to Hastings.

Edgar the Peaceful, Aethelred the Unready, Cnut's North Sea empire, and 1066 from Stamford Bridge to Hastings.

Edgar the Peaceful, Aethelred the Unready, Cnut's North Sea empire, and 1066 from Stamford Bridge to Hastings.

The Great Heathen Army, Athelney and Edington, Alfred's reforms, and Aethelstan's victory at Brunanburh.

The Great Heathen Army, Athelney and Edington, Alfred's reforms, and Aethelstan's victory at Brunanburh.

The Saxon advent, Arthur and Mount Badon, Augustine's mission to Kent, Northumbria's golden age, Offa's Mercia, and the raid on Lindisfarne.

The Saxon advent, Arthur and Mount Badon, Augustine's mission to Kent, Northumbria's golden age, Offa's Mercia, and the raid on Lindisfarne.

Claudius's invasion, Boudicca's revolt, Agricola and Hadrian's Wall, Constantine at York, and the Roman withdrawal.

Claudius's invasion, Boudicca's revolt, Agricola and Hadrian's Wall, Constantine at York, and the Roman withdrawal.

England's story before England existed: the Happisburgh footprints, Doggerland, Stonehenge, the Bronze and Iron Ages, and Caesar's first landings.

England's story before England existed: the Happisburgh footprints, Doggerland, Stonehenge, the Bronze and Iron Ages, and Caesar's first landings.