Talk:Charles I

Naming policy

I do not know what the naming policy for royalty is, and therefore one of the changes I have made may need to be changed back again. I have redirected "Charles I (Britain)"* to Charles I, on the grounds that other king Charleses would in fact be known by different names in their own countries: Carlos, Carolus, Karl. If this change is undone, then the page name for Charles I would have to be changed also. --Martin Wyatt 20:17, 26 May 2013 (UTC) *Just to be pedantic (why not?) "Charles I (Britain)" is incorrect, because he was king of two separate kingdoms, England and Scotland. --Martin Wyatt 21:14, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

There was a long discussion about this several years ago, when we had a lot more contributors, and the consensus, I believe was that it should be done just as you have done. Some people quibbled about it, and even disagreed strongly, but that's how it was decided. The basis, being, I think, that this is an English-speaking encyc. and that the customary English usage with names should be followed. In any case, thanks for your contributions! Hayford Peirce 21:34, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

What about French, where it's spelt the same? Admittedly, Charles I of France would go under Charlemagne. Peter Jackson 09:12, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Good point. However, I do not know how to rename a page once started.And now I have gone on and started Charles II. --Martin Wyatt 19:58, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Usage is really inconsistent. The present king of Sweden is called Carl XVI Gustaf, but a famous predecessor is Charles XII. The more recent people are, the less likely their names are to get translated. Peter Jackson 10:13, 30 May 2013 (UTC)

Book of Common Prayer

1894? A quick check of WP fails to turn up a relevant Act of Parliament then. Remember, any change in the BCP required Parliamentary approval till 1974. My memory says 1871, but I can't find one then either. In 1928 the Church proposed a new BCP, but Parliament vetoed it. The Church then illegally authorized it anyway. I'm pretty sure it restored King Charles to the calendar. When Parliament delegated power over the liturgy to the Church in 1974, what happened to the BCP? It remained, and remains, as an alternative, but which BCP? 1662, 18??, 1928? Or maybe all of them? Peter Jackson 11:13, 22 November 2014 (UTC)