6th December 1648: Prides Purge stops MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England from entering the House of Commons

Published: Dec. 6, 2023, 3:05 a.m.

b'England\\u2019s only recorded military coup d'\\xe9tat resulted in the removal of 140 moderate and Royalist Members of Parliament who backed a negotiated settlement with Charles, of which 45 were ...'