Passed - and even sold - from faction to faction, Charles was King but also a prisoner of Parliament
Category: History
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English Civil War
Courses tagged with "English Civil War"
The authority of the Catholic Church shattered; Europe reacts: Reformation and Counter-Reformation.
Category: History
Marston Moor marked the start of a new, deeper phase of the war
Category: History
Pym took the dispute to the people with the publication of the Grand Remonstrance
Category: History
As the country became ever more mired in war, there was no way to avoid taking sides
Category: History
One of the great figures of British history: Elizabeth I - The Virgin Queen
Category: History
Henry VIII's desire for divorce sparks a reformation in England
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James Stuart moved two nations closer together through the Union of the Crowns
Category: History
The Parliamentarians sailed close to split after defeat at Newbury and Donnington
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A personal slight and a desire to loot shoes cost the Royalists Marston Moor
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Inspired by Cromwell, and in the face of possible defeat, a new approach was needed by Parliament
Category: History
It was to be a year in which the vector of victory would swoop round: 1645
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A defeat and surrender had a bloody aftermath at Philiphaugh
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The Royalists were facing a rout in the heartlands of England by December 1645
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Inspired by Cromwell, and in the face of possible defeat, a new approach was needed by Parliament
Category: History
Parliament wouldn't be Parliament without a few splits and divisions
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Fair pay, and a freedom from meddling MPs formed the heart of Cromwell's plans for a New Model Army
Category: History
Could a lack of funds have been the key role in the conversion of Oliver Cromwell?
Category: History
As the figurehead of the struggle, a lot came down to Charles' tactics and personality
Category: History