Although the population opposed King Charles I's execution, the English parliament carried out this desperate and aberrant act. The regicides were self-righteous fanatics, who had vengeance for the ungodly king who reopened the civil war in 1648. The Puritans believed that the world was distinguished between the pope and true religion. They also believed that Scriptures were the formulas for politics and other reformations.
Thomas Dugard, a parliamentarian clergymen preached that King Charles I's issuing of the Book of Sports was the cause of the bloodshed. Charles's religious policies mimicked those of popery, and many believed that he had brought God's wrath upon them. Many believed that a lot had to be done in order to secure peace once again.
After the king's death, Parliament regained power, and proceedings towards the king has some real basis in the political culture of England. Edmund Ludlow rejoiced that the king had sinned so openly, thus providing an excuse to execute him. Charles had attacked the constitution of the kingdom and had stirred bloody and unnecessary wars.
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