On 23 October 1642, the first major battle of the English Civil War broke out in southern Warwickshire. The Battle of Edgehill, near Kineton, saw a 13,000-strong Royalist force take on a ...

Calling all Roundheads and Cavaliers! Wanna know what went down in the English Civil War... and what became of Oliver ...

The Stuart dynasty spanned one of the most tumultuous periods in British history - years of civil war, assassination attempts, usurpations, national disaster and revolution. How did it all happen?

We are living in an age of civil war. Civil wars were almost nonexistent until the twentieth century. Except in a handful of cases—the American and English civil wars, the French Revolution—it was ...

Archaeologists have unearthed artifacts believed to be from the final battle of the English Civil War, including musket balls, horse harness fittings and sword hilts. The objects were uncovered in ...

The First English Civil War was a nightmare for everyone involved -- and a lot of people were involved. In just a few years, 4% of the population of England would die from war-related causes, along ...

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