The English Civil Wars (1642-1651) were caused by a monumental clash of ideas between King Charles I of England (r. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1939/causes-of-the-english-civil-wars/ #History #CharlesIofEngland #EnglishCivilWars #OliverCromwell

The First Battle of Newbury on 20 September 1643 was a major engagement between Royalist and Parliamentarian armies during the English Civil Wars (1642-1651). https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1904/first-battle-of-newbury/ #History #EnglishCivilWars

The Second Battle of Newbury on 27 October 1644 was a major battle during the English Civil Wars (1642-1651). https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1908/second-battle-of-newbury/ #History #EnglishCivilWars #SecondBattleofNewbury

Dragoons were hybrid cavalry-infantry troops during the English Civil Wars (1642-1651). https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1935/dragoons-in-the-english-civil-wars/ #History #Dragoon #EnglishCivilWars

The Grand Remonstrance of 1641 was a list of grievances issued by Parliament against King Charles I of England (r. https://www.worldhistory.org/Grand_Remonstrance/ #History #CharlesIofEngland #EnglishCivilWars #GrandRemonstrance

Musketeers played a vital role in the battles and sieges of the English Civil Wars (1642-1651). As the war dragged on, weapons became lighter and more accurate, and the musketeers became more capable of effective battlefield manoeuvres.https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1927/musketeers-in-the-english-civil-wars/ #EnglishCivilWars #Musketeer #History

The battle of Dunbar on 3 September 1650 between the English Parliament's New Model Army led by Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) and Scotland's army led by David Leslie (c. 1600-1682) was one of the last major battles of the English Civil Wars (1642-1651). The battle was part of the conflict between various English and Scottish armies now known as the Third English Civil War or Anglo-Scottish War (1...https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1936/battle-of-dunbar-in-1650/ #Anglo-ScottishWar #BattleofDunbar #EnglishCivilWars

@serenaj @englishcivilwar Hi Serena, It's mainly the Civil Wars in the north of England- especially in Yorkshire and of course the Fairfaxes.
Transcribing newsbooks sounds like great fun- always juicy details in them!
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