Charles I became King of England in 1625. He fell out with the English Parliament for several reasons. The disputes escalated into a civil war in 1642. After nearly seven years of war, Charles was ...

The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians (Roundheads) and Royalists (Cavaliers) over, principally, the manner of ...

The right to dissolve or convene Parliaments bred dangerous instability and was one of the driving forces of the English Civil War (1642–1651), which was, at bottom, a war of institutions ...

A "frenzied" massacre, which may have included women and children, was the subject of a cover-up, a historian has claimed. About 160 died when Parliamentary troops stormed the Royalist stronghold ...

I had my own reasons for thinking about this: I was writing a PhD about political disillusionment after the English Civil War (1642–49) and how it led people to seek refuge in poetry.

The British Civil Wars lasted from 1642 to 1651 between supporters of ... ending the second English Civil War. By this stage the besieged had resorted to eating their horses, dogs and even candles ...

English Civil War fieldworks are earthworks which were raised during military operations between 1642 and 1651. They provided temporary protection for infantry or acted as gun emplacements.

The English Civil War (1642-1651) saw a series of armed conflicts between the Royalists, who supported King Charles I, and the Parliamentarians, who sought to limit his power and establish a ...