In the following two quotations, Tudor historian John Guy and Stuart historian John Morrill (respectively the authors of chapters five and six in The Oxford History of Britain), address the question of who was ultimately responsible for creating the circumstances that led to the outbreak of the English Civil War of the 1640s. John Guy blames Elizabeth I; John Morrill blames Charles I. Which argument is stronger, or are they both right?
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