English Civil War
Search and browse records covering the English Civil War and its aftermath, including Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, Thomas Fairfax, Royalist and Parliamentarian campaigns, the battles of Edgehill, Marston Moor and Naseby, the Putney Debates and other military, political and constitutional developments. Filter the existing chronology by year, person, event or place, or use text search to isolate individual battles, commanders, locations and episodes.
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About this collection
This collection contains 1,090 supplied World History Database records classified as England → Warfare → Civil War. The chronology is especially rich in records for Charles I, Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax, and includes major military episodes such as Edgehill, Marston Moor and Naseby alongside sieges, mobilisation, political negotiations, the Putney Debates and the constitutional conflicts that accompanied the wars.
Use the existing Year, Person, Event and Place dropdowns or the text search to move between Royalist and Parliamentarian commanders, battles, campaigns, political movements and locations. Each result preserves the supplied record fields and can display its date, event, person, role, place, category, range information and description when those values are present.