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English Civil War - Operations Manual (Hardcover)
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English Civil War - Operations Manual (Hardcover)
Series: Operations Manual
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Loot Price R387
Discovery Miles 3 870
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The period of the English Civil War began in 1640 and lasted until
the restoration of the monarchy some twenty years later. It was a
divisive and disruptive episode in English history, when loyalties
were tested and saw family set against family, brother against
brother, and neighbour against neighbour. Its causes lay in
attitudes towards religion, the authority of the King, and a belief
among many that Parliament should have more say in how the country
was governed. In time these tensions grew and escalated into armed
conflict that saw the abolition of the monarchy and the House of
Lords, the beheading of King Charles I and the subjugation of the
nation under a military protectorate headed by Oliver Cromwell.
When the monarchy was finally restored in 1660 and King Charles II
returned to the throne, the war was brought to an end, but the
untold suffering it had heaped on the ordinary citizens of England
continued for years after. It took generations for the scars of the
Civil War to heal. English Civil War specialist Stephen Bull opens
the English Civil War Operations Manual with a chapter outlining
the course of the conflict, including accounts of the main battles
and notable events in the war; he then reviews the organisation and
structure of the two opposing forces, their commanders and their
armies - the Royalists (also known as Cavaliers) and the
Parliamentarians (the Roundheads); he goes on to describe their
weapons and how they were used - mortar, cannon, musket (matchlock
and flintlock), swords and pike; equipment, uniforms and armour;
battlefield tactics involving musketeers, pikemen and cavalry, and
how they were used; and finally, the aftermath of the Civil War and
the insights we can gain today into the period through archaeology.
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