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The English Civil War refers to a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651. Part of the wider 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, the struggle consisted of the First English Civil War, the Second English Civil War and the Third English Civil War. The latter is also known as the Anglo-Scottish war. While the conflicts in the three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland had similarities, each had their own specific issues and objectives. The First English Civil War was fought primarily over the correct balance of power between Parliament and Charles I. It ended in June 1646 with Royalist defeat and the king in custody. However, victory exposed Parliamentarian divisions over the nature of the political settlement. The vast majority went to war in 1642 to assert Parliament's right to participate in government, not abolish the monarchy, which meant Charles' refusal to make concessions led to a stalemate. Concern over the political influence of radicals within the New Model Army like Oliver Cromwell led to an alliance between moderate Parliamentarians and Royalists, supported by the Covenanters. Royalist defeat in the 1648 Second English Civil War resulted in the execution of Charles I in January 1649, and establishment of the Commonwealth of England. In 1650, Charles II was crowned king of Scotland, in return for agreeing to create a Presbyterian church in both England and Scotland. The subsequent Anglo-Scottish War ended with Parliamentarian victory at Worcester on 3 September 1651. Both Ireland and Scotland were incorporated into the Commonwealth, and Britain became a unitary state until the Stuart Restoration in 1660. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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The Army in Cromwellian England, 1649-1660
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The Furie of the Ordnance: Artillery in the English Civil Wars
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God’s Fury, England’s Fire: a New History of the English Civil War
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Literature, Gender and Politics During the English Civil War
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Soldiers and Strangers: an Ethnic History of the English Civil War
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Yorkshire in the Civil Wars: Origins, Impact, and Outcome
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Worcestershire Under Arms: An English County During the Civil Wars
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English Civil War Archaeology
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The Impact of the English Civil War on the Economy of London, 1642-50
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The Civil War in Yorkshire: Fairfax Versus Newcastle
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The Great Siege of Chester
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Puritan Iconoclasm during the English Civil War
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Civil War, Interregnum and Restoration in Gloucestershire, 1640–1672
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A Place of Great Importance: Scarborough in the Civil Wars, 1640–1660
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From Deliverance to Destruction. Rebellion and Civil War in an English City
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The Civil War in Stratford-upon-Avon: Conflict and Community in South Warwickshire, 1642-46
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The Civil Wars 1640-9
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Exeter in the Civil War
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Destruction in the English Civil Wars
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Going to the Wars: the Experiences of the English Civil Wars 1638–1651
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Gloucester and the Civil War
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The New Model Army in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1645–1653
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Edgehill and Beyond: the People’s War in the South Midlands 1642–1645
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"These Unhappy Warres": The Civil War and Pontefract
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Stamford and the Civil War
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History of the English Revolution of 1640
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The Rise of the New Model Army
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The Roundheads
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Devon and Exeter in the Civil War
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God’s Englishman: Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution
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The Civil Wars in Cheshire
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Accounts of the Parliamentary Garrisons of Great Chalfield and Malmesbury 1645–1646
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