It is perhaps a consolation, if not a help, to find that this sense of bewilderment at the Civil
War was shared by some of those who lived through it. Sir Thomas Knyvett, in 1644 …

'BY THE BLE ss ING of Almighty God, these troublesome storms and tempests are ending in
a peaceable calme, which doubtlesse cannot but produce a happy union, soe much now …

What were the causes of the English Civil War? In recent years, traditional explanations
involving the struggle for sovereignty and the bourgeois revolution have been increasingly …

The English Civil War (1642-53) is one of the most crucial periods in British history. Martyn
Bennett introduces the reader to the main debates surrounding the Civil War which continue …

Sir, God hath taken away your eldest son by a cannon shot. It brake his leg. We were
necessitated to have it cut off, whereof he died.'In one of the most famous and moving letters …

A generation ago Professor Cyril Falls, in his inaugural lecture as Chichele Professor of the
Histo'ry of War in the University of Oxford, attributed the disrepute into which he felt war …

This book, first published in 1960, is a close examination of the twelve most decisive weeks
in British history. It looks at the responsibility of pre-war politicians for the preparedness of …

On 14 August 1598 an English force of around 4,000 fell into an Irish ambush outside
Armagh and suffered perhaps as high as 50 per cent casualties. The battle of the Yellow …