Ballads from the time of the Stuarts will be sung at a public event tomorrow to mark the anniversary of Charles I's execution.
The King was beheaded in Westminster on January 30, 1649 some years after his defeat in the English Civil War.
On the same day in 2016 a special event will be held at the Bodleian Library to help teachers enhance the way children learn about the period, which was also the time of Shakespeare, Milton and Hobbes.
Stuart-era ballads will be sung at 1pm alongside study periods.
Project leader Professor Andrew McRae, head of the University of Exeter’s Department of English said: “It is fitting to hold this event on the day Charles 1 was executed. We hope it will be a very valuable way to work with teachers and give them an example of Stuart culture.
“We will shortly produce resources to support teachers bring this period to life in the classroom.”
The event forms part of three-year project Stuart Successions from Exeter University, which examines the writing printed at moments of new kings or Queens and the protector Oliver Cromwell and his son between 1603 and 1702.
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