History Today<p>One of the last battles of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EnglishCivilWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishCivilWars</span></a> – the Battle of Surbiton – took place in the county of Surrey, a few miles south of London in 1648.</p><p>🔓 This article from 1970 is free to read for the next 7 days at <a href="https://buff.ly/4bbW8Vy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/4bbW8Vy</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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World History Encyclopedia<p>The English Civil Wars (1642-1651) were caused by a monumental clash of ideas between King Charles I of England (r. <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1939/causes-of-the-english-civil-wars/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/article/1939/</span><span class="invisible">causes-of-the-english-civil-wars/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CharlesIofEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CharlesIofEngland</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnglishCivilWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnglishCivilWars</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OliverCromwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OliverCromwell</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>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). <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1904/first-battle-of-newbury/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/article/1904/</span><span class="invisible">first-battle-of-newbury/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnglishCivilWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnglishCivilWars</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>The Second Battle of Newbury on 27 October 1644 was a major battle during the English Civil Wars (1642-1651). <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1908/second-battle-of-newbury/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/article/1908/</span><span class="invisible">second-battle-of-newbury/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnglishCivilWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnglishCivilWars</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SecondBattleofNewbury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SecondBattleofNewbury</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>Dragoons were hybrid cavalry-infantry troops during the English Civil Wars (1642-1651). <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1935/dragoons-in-the-english-civil-wars/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/article/1935/</span><span class="invisible">dragoons-in-the-english-civil-wars/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dragoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dragoon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnglishCivilWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnglishCivilWars</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>The Grand Remonstrance of 1641 was a list of grievances issued by Parliament against King Charles I of England (r. <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Grand_Remonstrance/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/Grand_Remonst</span><span class="invisible">rance/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CharlesIofEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CharlesIofEngland</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnglishCivilWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnglishCivilWars</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GrandRemonstrance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GrandRemonstrance</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>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.<a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1927/musketeers-in-the-english-civil-wars/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/article/1927/</span><span class="invisible">musketeers-in-the-english-civil-wars/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnglishCivilWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnglishCivilWars</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Musketeer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Musketeer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>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...<a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1936/battle-of-dunbar-in-1650/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/article/1936/</span><span class="invisible">battle-of-dunbar-in-1650/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Anglo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Anglo</span></a>-ScottishWar <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BattleofDunbar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BattleofDunbar</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnglishCivilWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnglishCivilWars</span></a></p>
Gillian Waters<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@serenaj" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>serenaj</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/englishcivilwar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>englishcivilwar</span></a></span> Hi Serena, It's mainly the Civil Wars in the north of England- especially in Yorkshire and of course the Fairfaxes. <br>Transcribing newsbooks sounds like great fun- always juicy details in them!<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/EnglishCivilwars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishCivilwars</span></a></p>
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