English Civil War

Far from being the bogeymen of history, Geoffrey Robertson QC says that the English regicides were men of principle who established our modern freedoms.

In the twenty-eighth and final essay in this series, Daniel Snowman meets John Morrill, historian of the Civil War, Oliver Cromwell and the recurrent political instability of the ‘Atlantic Archipelago’.

Richard Cust reassesses the thinking behind the biggest military blunder of the English Civil War, Charles I’s decision to fight the New Model Army at Naseby in June 1645.

James Robertson investigates the Lord Protector’s ambitious plans for war with Spain in the Caribbean.

A group of second-year students from Southampton University present the results of a collaborative research project.

David L Smith explains why Cromwell so signally failed to establish harmony with his Parliaments.

Martyn Bennett examines how the terminology we use about the great conflict of the mid-seventeenth century reflects and reinforces the interpretations we make.

David L. Smith provides an overview of parliamentary history during the 'century of revolutions'.

During the Commonwealth years England's navy scored a series of notable victories against the Dutch and Spanish, but the heroes of the navy were army men, not sailors. Michael Baumber scrutinises the career of the greatest general-at-sea, Robert Blake, who put new heart into the Senior Service. 

Annual competition for essays on Oliver Cromwell.