In 1649, King Charles I was put on trial for treason. He was found guilty and sentenced to death. Even though Charles had fought against Parliament, only 59 commissioners signed Charles’ death ...

This group was called the Council of State and was set up in 1649. The period of time that Cromwell ruled England is often referred to as the Interregnum. This ended in 1660, when Charles II was ...

It was because he lived on his land that the serf was bound to the lord. The Russian system dated back to 1649 and the introduction of a legal code which had granted total authority to the landowner ...