English Civil War: A History from Beginning to End (Unabridged‪)‬

In 1642, King Charles I and the elected Parliament of England went to war over the future of the Stuart kingdom. Over the next nine years, three civil wars would be fought, devastating the populations of England, Scotland, and Ireland and claiming a death toll of an estimated 800,000 people, including King Charles I himself.

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Reasons to go to war
The First English Civil War: choose your side
The First English Civil War: the war begins
The First English Civil War: the war spreads
The First English Civil War: a new model army
The Second Civil War
The Third Civil War


With the authority of the monarchy, the freedom of Parliament, and the power of religion at stake, the English Civil Wars decided the future of Great Britain and influenced the future of politics around the world.