English Civil War

The term English Civil War (or Wars) refers to the series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1651. The first (1642–1645) and the second (1648–1649) civil wars pitted the supporters of King Charles I against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the third (1649-1651) was between supporters of Charles II and supporters of the Rump Parliament. The third war ended with the Parliamentary victory at the Battle of Worcester on September 3, 1651.

External links

• Civil War Newark All about the castles, sieges and defences of the English Civil war (in Newark, near Nottingham)
• The Civil War around Birmingham 1642-1648
• The English Revolution 1640 by Christopher Hill, Pub Lawrence and Wishart, 1940.
• The Wars of the Three Kingdoms The British and Irish Civil Wars article by Jane Ohlmeyer, who argues that the English Civil War formed just one of an interlocking set of conflicts that encompassed the British Isles in the mid-seventeenth century
• Lecture 7: The English Civil War An essay on the Politics of the English Civil War