English Civil War
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The English Civil War or Great Rebellion was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651. Part of the wider 163
The Battle of Naseby, 14 June 1645, a Parliamentarian victory considered to be the turning point of the English Civil War
Charles I believed in the divine right of kings; painting by Van Dyck
Henrietta Maria, painted by Peter Lely, 1660
A sitting of the Long Parliament, 1640
Henry Vane the Younger
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Sir Henry Vane, often referred to as Harry Vane and Henry Vane the Younger to distinguish him from his father, was an English politician and colonial administrator. He was briefly present in North Ame
Portrait by Gerard Soest, 1637
Sir Henry Vane the Elder, portrait by Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt
A 1901 artist’s impression of the trial of Anne Hutchinson.
Engraving by Wenceslas Hollar depicting the trial of the Earl of Strafford