English Civil War

The dramatic events that shook Britain in the 17th century resonate more strongly than ever, despite attempts to marginalise them.

The often overlooked importance of maritime affairs on the course of the Civil Wars.

The Civil Wars of the 17th century prompted pioneering medical care and welfare, provided by the state not just for soldiers but for the widows and children they left behind, as Eric Gruber von Arni and Andrew Hopper show.

Remains found at Durham University shed new light on Oliver Cromwell's victory at the Battle of Dunbar.

A protest against the English Civil War ends in tragedy.

The attraction of the Cromwell Association lies in the lack of reverence it attaches to its subject.

Accounts of the second siege of the royalist stronghold in Dorset during England’s Civil Wars have romanticised the role of its aristocratic owner. But was Mary, Lady Bankes even there? Patrick Little investigates.

The arguments that took place in the village of Putney among the officers and soldiers of the New Model Army revealed fundamental divisions within the parliamentary forces.

On the Restoration, Charles II pardoned the many supporters of Cromwell’s Protectorate, with the exception of those directly involved in the execution of his father. These men now found their lives to be at great risk and several fled the country, as Charles Spencer explains.

A 1972 essay on women petitioners of the mid-17th century anticipated greater engagement with the political ambitions and private lives of ordinary men and women, says Alice Hunt.