The Three Estates
The population of pre-Revolutionary France was divided into Three Estates: the Church, the Nobility and Everyone Else.
The New Model Army
Hello, and welcome to Revolutions. After their great victory at Marston Moor, the momentum of the First Civil War finally seemed to be running in Parliament’s favor, but unfortunately, they failed to capitalize on the moment. Lord Fairfax and the Earl of Leven assumed Charles would soon be suing for peace and so were slow […]
The Solemn League and Covenant
Hello, and welcome to Revolutions, In the autumn of 1643, the course of the first Civil War was running very much in the King’s favor. Royalists controlled the north and had wiped out the Parliamentary army in the west. But the two main battles so far at Edge Hill and Newbury, had essentially been draws. […]