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English civil war

Bishops tumble, with “popish” paraphernalia falling from their pockets, in a woodcut from a 1641 Puritan pamphlet titled 'A Decade of Grievances' (Photo by Bridgeman Images)
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How people power fuelled England’s century of chaos

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Making of a monarch: how the young Charles II endured war, defeat and exile before the Restoration

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The Restoration period A timeline of key moments

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Vintners in an ale house, 1642. From a broadsheet titled ‘Health to All’, artist unknown. (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
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Did Oliver Cromwell ban Christmas? The Puritan assault on Christmas during the 1640s and 1650s

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The dark truth about Oliver Cromwell

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Oliver Cromwell’s remarkable rise to power

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Catholics massacre Protestants in Ulster in a contemporary illustration. However, Catholics were also the victims of mass killings in 1641. (© Getty)
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10 great misconceptions of the Civil War

Painting depicting Cromwell at the head of his troops following the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644, by Ernest Crofts. (Photo by De Agostini Picture Library/Getty Images)
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Oliver Cromwell: the secret of his military genius

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