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The Road to Civil War: Class Conflict and Constitutional Crisis in Stuart England, 1603-1650

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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The Civil War Between the King and Parliament

In august 16, forty two charles raised the royal standard at nottingham and began gathering a makeshift army of his supporters. And parliament then responded in kind with their own armies and militias. The different groups who rallied to these two sides had different social profiles. So this is where you get these sort of architypes of cavaliers and roundheads. These two sides engaged in a long, fairly brutal and destructive civil war from 16 forty two to forty six.

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