Charles I's navy shows why public understanding matters to maritime policy. Social conflict over creating the fleet contributed to the English Civil War. Charles failed to show people why the navy was relevant to them. Fleet building was therefore a contest over domestic legitimacy as well as a military project.
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Charles I's navy and the politics of public legitimacy
Charles I's failure to make naval policy feel relevant to the public shows how fleet-building became entangled with the English Civil War.