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Total War - Parliament

Total War - Parliament Copyrighted imageCredit: Wark Clements
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 07 Jan 2001
By The Civil War team
Inspired by Cromwell, and in the face of possible defeat, a new approach was needed by Parliament
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Newbury and Donnington

Newbury and Donnington Creative commons imageCredit: Michael Keen under CC-BY-NC-ND licence
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 07 Jan 2001
By The Civil War team
The Parliamentarians sailed close to split after defeat at Newbury and Donnington
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James Graham, Marquis of Montrose 1612 - 1650

James Graham, Marquis of Montrose 1612 - 1650 Copyrighted imageCredit: Wark Clements
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 07 Jan 2001
By The Civil War team
A successful general in Scotland, but eventually betrayed
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December 1645

December 1645 Creative commons imageCredit: John Winterbottom under CC-BY-SA licence
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 07 Jan 2001
By The Civil War team
The Royalists were facing a rout in the heartlands of England by December 1645
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The Highland Dimension

The Highland Dimension Copyrighted imageCredit: Wark Clements
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 07 Jan 2001
By The Civil War team
Religion and taxes were nothing alongside clan loyalties, skewing the Highland Dimension
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Total War - 1644-1645

Total War - 1644-1645 Copyrighted imageCredit: Wark Clements
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 07 Jan 2001
By The Civil War team
Marston Moor marked the start of a new, deeper phase of the war
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Year of Miracles

Year of Miracles Copyrighted imageCredit: Wark Clements
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 07 Jan 2001
By The Civil War team
With Parliamentarian armies occupied in England, Royalist forces made short work of Scottish opponents and had a year of miracles
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Philiphaugh

Philiphaugh Copyrighted imageCredit: Jupiter Images
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 07 Jan 2001
By The Civil War team
A defeat and surrender had a bloody aftermath at Philiphaugh
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Balance of power 1642 - 1645

Balance of power 1642 - 1645 Copyrighted imageCredit: The Open University
Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 07 Jan 2001
By The Civil War team
Follow the shifting balance of power as the Civil War unfolds across England and Wales
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The English Civil War: Total War- 1644 - 1646 - Introduction

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The English Civil War: Total War- 1644 - 1646 - Introduction Copyrighted imageCredit: Wark Clements
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 07 Jan 2001
By Tristram Hunt
Tristram Hunt introduces the fourth chapter of our retelling of the Civil War: Total War.
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