Notes

There have been many theories on the causes of the English Civil War. Most certainly, this is a result of the many tensions and problems that led up and contributed to the war. This, in a sense, made it more of a “soup” of problems than something revolving around a single problem. As a result of this “soup” there developed many views and ideas of the cause, depending on what ingredient of the “soup” you’re looking at. Because of this, explaining the war has become a war in itself.I keep seeing the spectre of poor communication between King Charles I and Parliament. From the beginning of King Charles I’s first calling of Parliament to his trial, the lack of communication has always been something that stood out. As far as I know, there has been no ‘conversation’, no ‘debate’, no ‘discussion’, no ‘informing’, nor any other attempt at a face-to-face deliberation between the two. He tended to look at things in a simplistic way.
It seems that he seemed to think that people thought the way he did.
He tended to not have an overall view of things.
He was not worldly and seemed to have minimal knowledge of how the real world worked.
He did not comprehend the consequences of his decisions (such as his early expeditions with the Duke of Buckingham).
It appears that his early poor experience with Parliament made him reluctant to communicate with them.