The English Civil War

An Atlas and Concise History of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1639–51

Nick Lipscombe

• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781472829726
• eBook ISBN: 9781472847164
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: British History
• Index: History

'The English Civil War is a joy to behold, a thing of beauty… this will be the civil war atlas against which all others will judged and the battle maps in particular will quickly become the benchmark for all future civil war maps.' - Professor Martyn Bennett, Department of History, Languages and Global Studies, Nottingham Trent University The English Civil Wars (1638–51) comprised the deadliest conflict ever fought on British soil, in which brother took up arms against brother, father fought against son, and towns, cities and villages fortified themselves in the cause of Royalists or Parliamentarians. Although much historical attention has focused on the events in England and the key battles of Edgehill, Marston Moor and Naseby, this was a conflict that engulfed the entirety of the Three Kingdoms and led to a trial and execution that profoundly shaped the British monarchy and Parliament. This beautifully presented atlas tells the whole story of Britain's revolutionary civil war, from the earliest skirmishes of the Bishops' Wars in 1639–40 through to 1651, when Charles II's defeat at Worcester crushed the Royalist cause, leading to a decade of Stuart exile. Each map is supported by a detailed text, providing a complete explanation of the complex and fluctuating conflict that ultimately meant that the Crown would always be answerable to Parliament.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Dedication
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Chronology – The Wars of the Three Kingdoms, 1639–52
• Legend to Maps
• Introduction – Origins of Conflict
• Civil War Armies, Fighting Components and Their Tactics
• Chapter 1 – The Early Stuarts and the Divine Right of Kings, 1603–37
• Chapter 2 – The Bishops’ Wars, 1639–40
• Chapter 3 – Rebellion in Ireland, 1640–42
• Chapter 4 – The Road to Civil War, 1641–42
• Chapter 5 – The Campaign and Battle of Edgehill, June to October 1642
• Chapter 6 – Advance to London, October to November 1642
• Chapter 7 – Nationwide Struggle, December 1642 to March 1643
• Chapter 8 – The Nation Divides, Mid-March to End of May 1643
• Chapter 9 – Events in the South-West, March to June 1643
• Chapter 10 – The Struggle for the North and Centre, June to August 1643
• Chapter 11 – The Struggle for Bristol and the South-West, June to August 1643
• Chapter 12 – Operations in the North, September to December 1643
• Chapter 13 – Events in Devon, September to the End of 1643
• Chapter 14 – The First Battle of Newbury, September 1643
• Chapter 15 – Irish Cessation and the Scottish Covenant, 1643
• Chapter 16 – The Scottish Invasion, Early 1644
• Chapter 17 – Nantwich and Newark: The Battles for Central England, January to March 1644
• Chapter 18 – Wales: The Conquest of Pembrokeshire, January to March 1644
• Chapter 19 – Waller’s Operations in the South, January to April 1644
• Chapter 20 – The Great Siege and Battle in Yorkshire, April to August 1644
• Chapter 21 – The Oxford Campaign, May to August 1644
• Chapter 22 – Events in the South-West, April to August 1644
• Chapter 23 – War in The Centre: The Second Battle of Newbury, August to November 1644
• Chapter 24 – Wales, Scotland and the North of England, August to the End of 1644
• Chapter 25 – A Time to Reflect: The End of 1644
• Chapter 26 – Nationwide Developments, Early 1645
• Chapter 27 – The Great and Decisive Battle at Naseby, 14 June 1645
• Chapter 28 – Taunton and Langport: Events in the South-West, January to July 1645
• Chapter 29 – Scotland in 1645: Montrose’s Royalist Campaign
• Chapter 30 – Post-Naseby, Part 1: Wales and the South, to the End of 1645
• Chapter 31 – Post-Naseby, Part 2: The North, to the End of 1645
• Chapter 32 – Sweeping Up the South-West, January to April 1646
• Chapter 33 – The End of the First Civil War, 1646
• Chapter 34 – Wales, Scotland and Ireland in 1646
• Chapter 35 – Ireland 1647: Beyond Redemption
• Chapter 36 – The King’s Intransigence, 1647
• Chapter 37 – War Reignites in Wales, 1648
• Chapter 38 – War Reignites in England, 1648
• Chapter 39 – The Battle of Preston: The Death Blow to Royalism, 1648
• Chapter 40 – The ‘Endgame’: Regicide, 1649
• Chapter 41 – Cromwell and Parliament’s Army in Ireland, 1649–52
• Chapter 42 – The Invasion of Scotland, July 1650 to September 1651
• Chapter 43 – Worcester, 1651: The Final Battle
• Chapter 44 – The Interregnum, 1649–60
• Notes to Maps
• Appendices
• Glossary
• Bibliography