Kingdoms Come Apart
The path to Britain’s Civil Wars of the 17th century was paved in the three very different realms of England, Scotland and Ireland. But it was in the richest and most populous of these that crisis escalated into conflict.
English Civil War
The Civil War’s ‘Martyr of Peace’
In an age of political and religious division that ended in Civil War, Lucius Cary and his circle at Great Tew offered a space for debate and compromise.
The End of Cromwell’s English Republic
The English republic was brought down in 1660 by the same forces that brought it to power.
Through The Glass Darkly: Britain’s Civil Wars
The dramatic events that shook Britain in the 17th century resonate more strongly than ever, despite attempts to marginalise them.
The Civil Wars’ Troubled Waters
The often overlooked importance of maritime affairs on the course of the Civil Wars.
Welfare for the Wounded
The Civil Wars of the 17th century prompted pioneering medical care and welfare, provided by the state not just for soldiers but for the widows and children they left behind, as Eric Gruber von Arni and Andrew Hopper show.
Skeleton Army
Remains found at Durham University shed new light on Oliver Cromwell's victory at the Battle of Dunbar.
A Women’s Revolt
A protest against the English Civil War ends in tragedy.
Oliver Cromwell and the Scottish Campaign
The attraction of the Cromwell Association lies in the lack of reverence it attaches to its subject.
Lady Bankes defends Corfe Castle
Accounts of the second siege of the royalist stronghold in Dorset during England’s Civil Wars have romanticised the role of its aristocratic owner. But was Mary, Lady Bankes even there? Patrick Little investigates.