The English Civil War

For a very long time, both in america and england, parliament has been seen as the righteous party in the english civil war. And charles is a benighted and sinister enemy of liberty,. The irish think otherwise, due to the ill treatment by the protestants. None of this can be comprehended without the backdrop of a complex set of protestant groups. English catholics, as such, played almost no role in the civil war. Covenanters, presbyterians, armenians and so forth, along with as the war played out, increasingly radical sects such as the levellers, diggers and fifth monarchy men. All in a giant kaleid