>>The English Civil War arose as public sentiment turned against Charles I. In 1629, he dissolved Parliament and ruled by decree during a period dubbed by his enemies as the “Eleven-Year Tyranny.” Harsh religious and land title changes placed on Ireland and Scotland led to rebellions in those territories. Parliament was recalled in 1640 to deal with the problems, but soon the monarch and Parliament argued about who was in control of the army being mustered to put down the rebellions. The two groups raised separate armies, which began battling one another in 1642.

Over the next nine years, the Parliamentary and Royalist forces fought three wars, during which time Charles I was executed and his son and successor, Charles II, based in Scotland, took up the fight. In June, 1651, the two sides met at Powick in the Battle of Worcester. Charles II’s 16,000 Scottish troops faced 30,000 English Parliamentarian troops, 20,000 of whom were part of the professional New Model Army led by Parliamentary general Oliver Cromwell. The battle was a rout, with the English forces losing just 200 soldiers, while the Royalists lost 3,000 men and had 10,000 captured.

Charles II fled to exile in France. In 1653, due to his military victories, Cromwell assumed the title of Lord Protector, serving more or less as a monarch, though he refused to take that title. He died in 1658, leaving the title to his less capable and less popular son Richard. The younger Cromwell was forced to resign in 1659, and Charles II returned the following year to re-take his crown. Oliver Cromwell’s body was exhumed from Westminster Abbey and put on trial for high treason in 1661. Afterward, Cromwell’s corpse was hung from the gallows and decapitated at sunset. His head was displayed on a spike for 24 years before it fell to the ground during a windstorm.<<

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1.The terrible disaster which overtook London was borne by the inhabitants of the city with great fortitude, but foreigners and Roman Catholics had a bad time. As no cause for the outbreak of the fire could be traced, a general cry was raised that it owed its origin to a plot. In a letter from Thomas Waade to Williamson (dated “Whitby, Sept. 14th”) we read, “The destruction of London by fire is reported to be a hellish contrivance of the French, Hollanders, and fanatic party” (“Calendar of State Papers,” 1666-67, p. 124). ↩

PermeateFree said:

>>The English Civil War arose as public sentiment turned against Charles I. In 1629, he dissolved Parliament and ruled by decree during a period dubbed by his enemies as the “Eleven-Year Tyranny.” Harsh religious and land title changes placed on Ireland and Scotland led to rebellions in those territories. Parliament was recalled in 1640 to deal with the problems, but soon the monarch and Parliament argued about who was in control of the army being mustered to put down the rebellions. The two groups raised separate armies, which began battling one another in 1642.

Over the next nine years, the Parliamentary and Royalist forces fought three wars, during which time Charles I was executed and his son and successor, Charles II, based in Scotland, took up the fight. In June, 1651, the two sides met at Powick in the Battle of Worcester. Charles II’s 16,000 Scottish troops faced 30,000 English Parliamentarian troops, 20,000 of whom were part of the professional New Model Army led by Parliamentary general Oliver Cromwell. The battle was a rout, with the English forces losing just 200 soldiers, while the Royalists lost 3,000 men and had 10,000 captured.

Charles II fled to exile in France. In 1653, due to his military victories, Cromwell assumed the title of Lord Protector, serving more or less as a monarch, though he refused to take that title. He died in 1658, leaving the title to his less capable and less popular son Richard. The younger Cromwell was forced to resign in 1659, and Charles II returned the following year to re-take his crown. Oliver Cromwell’s body was exhumed from Westminster Abbey and put on trial for high treason in 1661. Afterward, Cromwell’s corpse was hung from the gallows and decapitated at sunset. His head was displayed on a spike for 24 years before it fell to the ground during a windstorm.<<

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> The battle was a rout, with the English forces losing just 200 soldiers, while the Royalists lost 3,000 men and had 10,000 captured.

Why?

mollwollfumble said:

PermeateFree said:

>>The English Civil War arose as public sentiment turned against Charles I. In 1629, he dissolved Parliament and ruled by decree during a period dubbed by his enemies as the “Eleven-Year Tyranny.” Harsh religious and land title changes placed on Ireland and Scotland led to rebellions in those territories. Parliament was recalled in 1640 to deal with the problems, but soon the monarch and Parliament argued about who was in control of the army being mustered to put down the rebellions. The two groups raised separate armies, which began battling one another in 1642.

Over the next nine years, the Parliamentary and Royalist forces fought three wars, during which time Charles I was executed and his son and successor, Charles II, based in Scotland, took up the fight. In June, 1651, the two sides met at Powick in the Battle of Worcester. Charles II’s 16,000 Scottish troops faced 30,000 English Parliamentarian troops, 20,000 of whom were part of the professional New Model Army led by Parliamentary general Oliver Cromwell. The battle was a rout, with the English forces losing just 200 soldiers, while the Royalists lost 3,000 men and had 10,000 captured.

Charles II fled to exile in France. In 1653, due to his military victories, Cromwell assumed the title of Lord Protector, serving more or less as a monarch, though he refused to take that title. He died in 1658, leaving the title to his less capable and less popular son Richard. The younger Cromwell was forced to resign in 1659, and Charles II returned the following year to re-take his crown. Oliver Cromwell’s body was exhumed from Westminster Abbey and put on trial for high treason in 1661. Afterward, Cromwell’s corpse was hung from the gallows and decapitated at sunset. His head was displayed on a spike for 24 years before it fell to the ground during a windstorm.<<

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/artifacts-final-battle-english-civil-war-uncovered-during-road-project-180973052/

> The battle was a rout, with the English forces losing just 200 soldiers, while the Royalists lost 3,000 men and had 10,000 captured.

Why?

Greatly outnumbered by better trained and better prepared forces. The Parliamentarians knew the Royalists were on their way south and blocked any attempted reinforcements, and prepared effective defences.