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06 Aug 2013, 10:15 am

I'm obsessed with the English Civil War and have been since January 2012, is anyone else interested.


I found parts of the period very sad, others quite fascinating and even a bit surprising.



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06 Aug 2013, 12:02 pm

cowscows wrote:
I found parts of the period very sad, others quite fascinating and even a bit surprising.


Sounds like war to me.



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06 Aug 2013, 1:59 pm

neilson_wheels wrote:
cowscows wrote:
I found parts of the period very sad, others quite fascinating and even a bit surprising.


Sounds like war to me.


Are you interested in the period?



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06 Aug 2013, 2:43 pm

Nowhere near the depth that you are. Are there other forums that you go on about the civil war?



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06 Aug 2013, 3:17 pm

I had an interest in this period from about 2007 to 2010. Did a bit of reading around the topic, but I'm far from an expert. Have you been to the Royal Armouries in Leeds? They have a lot of Civil War weapons and equipment there. I've always liked the folk song 'Nottamun Town' that dates from that period, I think the nonsense lyrics are a commentary on the confusion there was around that time.


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06 Aug 2013, 3:43 pm

The opposing sides had fun names: 'the Round Heads', and 'the Cavaliers'.

Thats about all I know about it.



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07 Aug 2013, 4:33 am

neilson_wheels wrote:
Nowhere near the depth that you are. Are there other forums that you go on about the civil war?


I don't really know any other forums unfortunately.

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07 Aug 2013, 4:36 am

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I had an interest in this period from about 2007 to 2010. Did a bit of reading around the topic, but I'm far from an expert. Have you been to the Royal Armouries in Leeds? They have a lot of Civil War weapons and equipment there. I've always liked the folk song 'Nottamun Town' that dates from that period, I think the nonsense lyrics are a commentary on the confusion there was around that time.



Never been to The Royal Armouries no, I didn't know they existed.

Civil War related fact: Did you know one of the first things Richard Cromwell did as Lord Protector was apologise for his father's crimes in Ireland!



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07 Aug 2013, 4:47 am

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I don't really know any other forums unfortunately. :(


The internet is your friend.
http://ecws.org.uk/cms/index.php
http://www.englishcivilwar.org/p/forum.html
There are also games and simulations if you search for them. :cheers:



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07 Aug 2013, 5:34 am

neilson_wheels wrote:
cowscows wrote:
I don't really know any other forums unfortunately. :(


The internet is your friend.
http://ecws.org.uk/cms/index.php
http://www.englishcivilwar.org/p/forum.html
There are also games and simulations if you search for them. :cheers:



Thank you.



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07 Aug 2013, 5:41 am

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The opposing sides had fun names: 'the Round Heads', and 'the Cavaliers'.

Thats about all I know about it.



The Roundheads were for the Parliament and the Cavaliers were for the King. The Cavaliers consisted mostly of the Upper Class whereas the Roundheads had lots of Middle and Working Class people.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4b0G_auKCI

Hope this quirky video helps!

After Charles I was beheaded, Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector which was kind of like a dictator!



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07 Aug 2013, 9:57 am

There are costumers who like to dress up as Cavaliers.

My mother was fascinated by the Restoration period. She had an illustrated edition of Lord Rochester's Monkey by Graham Green that had a lot of great portraits in it--and other nifty things, like a broadsheet from the time of the plague in London that listed how many people had died and from what during the preceding week. I was named after one of Charles II's mistresses.


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07 Aug 2013, 1:19 pm

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There are costumers who like to dress up as Cavaliers.

My mother was fascinated by the Restoration period. She had an illustrated edition of Lord Rochester's Monkey by Graham Green that had a lot of great portraits in it--and other nifty things, like a broadsheet from the time of the plague in London that listed how many people had died and from what during the preceding week. I was named after one of Charles II's mistresses.


I went through a bit of a Restoration obsession, I've always been interested about the affects of Post-Cromwell Britain.

Like many of people who were on his side had to flee the country and the people who signed the death warrant of Charles I were forced into exile.

Even Oliver Cromwell's innocent wife was forced to flee to Switzerland!



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07 Aug 2013, 1:31 pm

cowscows wrote:
puddingmouse wrote:
I had an interest in this period from about 2007 to 2010. Did a bit of reading around the topic, but I'm far from an expert. Have you been to the Royal Armouries in Leeds? They have a lot of Civil War weapons and equipment there. I've always liked the folk song 'Nottamun Town' that dates from that period, I think the nonsense lyrics are a commentary on the confusion there was around that time.



Never been to The Royal Armouries no, I didn't know they existed.

Civil War related fact: Did you know one of the first things Richard Cromwell did as Lord Protector was apologise for his father's crimes in Ireland!


Even most people who live in Leeds don't know they exist. :lol: They have a lot of things belonging to Fairfax there.

I didn't know that about Richard Cromwell, but it doesn't surprise me because what happened in Ireland was regarded as an atrocity even at the time (despite some arguing that it was within 17th century rules of battle.)


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07 Aug 2013, 1:38 pm

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cowscows wrote:
puddingmouse wrote:
I had an interest in this period from about 2007 to 2010. Did a bit of reading around the topic, but I'm far from an expert. Have you been to the Royal Armouries in Leeds? They have a lot of Civil War weapons and equipment there. I've always liked the folk song 'Nottamun Town' that dates from that period, I think the nonsense lyrics are a commentary on the confusion there was around that time.



Never been to The Royal Armouries no, I didn't know they existed.

Civil War related fact: Did you know one of the first things Richard Cromwell did as Lord Protector was apologise for his father's crimes in Ireland!


Even most people who live in Leeds don't know they exist. :lol: They have a lot of things belonging to Fairfax there.

I didn't know that about Richard Cromwell, but it doesn't surprise me because what happened in Ireland was regarded as an atrocity even at the time (despite some arguing that it was within 17th century rules of battle.)


Richard was very different to his father, he was far more gentle and soft hearted. He never fought in any of the Civil War and had a dislike of soldiers!

Oliver Cromwell also deported Gypsies as slaves. He wanted Ireland to be replaced with English people!