Product Description
15 June 2010 The House of Stuart MS takes a look at the life and times of the age, featuring events and individuals from the reigns of the Stuarts.
The events featured are:
1st class William Harvey (1578 – 1657) English physician;
60p English Civil War, Battle of Naseby 1645.
88p John Milton (1608 - 1674), poet author and civil servant during the Commonwealth period.
97p Castle Howard, designed by John Vanbrugh (1664 - 1726) . The border design features a timeline of the period.
1st Class – William Harvey (1578–1657)
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and personal physician to both James I and Charles I, medical pioneer William Harvey was the first person to give an accurate explanation of how the heart functions and how blood moves around the body. His theories were published in An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals in 1628.
60p – The Battle of Naseby 1645
Naseby was the decisive battle of the English Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in which England has ever taken part. It was fought on 14 June 1645, when the army of King Charles I attacked that of Parliament, led by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell Parliament’s force was larger, and of equally good quality, so that the king’s was destroyed, and he never raised another.
88p – John Milton (1608–74)
One of the greatest poets of the 17th century, John Milton recounted the Fall of Man in his most famous work, the epic poem Paradise Lost, published in ten books in 1667. A supporter of Oliver Cromwell, Milton also wrote numerous pamphlets in favour of freedom of speech and Church reform, and served the short-lived republic writing in defence of the Commonwealth.
97p – John Vanbrugh (1664–1726)
The son of a Chester merchant, John Vanbrugh was a notable dramatist before becoming one of Britain’s greatest architects. His first significant work was Castle Howard in Yorkshire. Work began in1699 and by 1712 the main body of the house was complete, combining classical elegance with physical comfort. Later commissions included Blenheim Palace.
