King Charles vs Parliament Army: England's Civil War Explained

A nation divided. It was a time of great bitterness and hatred in England - a war that set father against son and brother against brother. The breakdown in relations between Parliament and King. This series tells the story of the war that shaped the course of a nation’s history and laid the foundations of Britain as it is today. Drawing fascinating portraits of the men who were central to the entire tragic story.

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[fabiodeoliveiraribeiro]

The English waged a civil war to free private interests (represented by Parliament) from the authoritarian chains of public power (the King). But today all Britons are governed by the market: those who are not unemployed are paid ridiculously low wages, many are in debt, some have to choose between eating and paying the rent or paying the gas bill. The king doesn't rule, but he's a billionaire and doesn't have to worry about his subjects' problems. Parliament is the home of bankers, aristocrats, landowners, businessmen and wealthy investors. Not even the Labor Party represents the private interests of British workers. A new dirty civil war broke out without gunfire on either side in the 1970s and the British workers were defeated and crushed.

[FelixstoweFoamForge]

My son wrote his History dissertation on the question "Why did Charles the First lose the Civil War?" We spent a very interesting and funny evening, with a bottle of whisky, trying to work out how to turn the answer "because he was a bloody idiot", into 15 thousand words.

[ladymeghenderson]

The lady in green, tending the soldier, is me, this was one of the scenes of the documentary about Marston Moor, done for Cromwell productions

[carywest]

Being a Texican, l'm fixin' to learn me how y'all had a ruckus in the Old Country. My mom's side were from County Norfolk.

[BlazingShackles]

Parliament was great, George Clinton was a genius. But why compare them to Elvis Presley?

[d.r.tweedstweeddale]

So you leave us hangin' & without a link to the follow up & final episode. Dillweeds.

[menwaralanazi]

How are your parents? shouted Cromwell across the battlefield. And the king replied: They're very well, thank you. Isn't the weather nice for this time of year?

[markjarrett]

Feels like an introduction is missing. Maybe this is part 2. Where is part 1?

[CieJe.Alexander]

You could make your editing easier to follow, it jumps from event to event with very little ceremony, or cohesion of progression. And the ending cliffhanger could give one whiplash. There should at least be directions, as to where to find the continuation.

[edwardemanuel]

Thé untold story. Never been told before. Not since the last time. Beard

[professorsogol]

Summer grasses: all that's left of warriors' dreams.

[ERH]

Cromwell was also an inventor, not just a regicide. He fashioned a device which was placed over the head of the soldiers, making them completely round, so they could be used as cannonballs. They were used as such at the Battle of Naseby, 1645.

[mohammedsaysrashid]

Informative and interesting introducing thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[scottbaron]

If it weren't for this war, I wouldn't be an American. One of my GGF (A Scot) was sold as an indentured servant to an Englishman, in America. He ended up making quite a life here. And thank God for it.

[matthewhancock]

if your going to tell a story then tell the WHOLE story! Your title for this video was quite misleading as it gave individuals the impression that one would hear/learn about the English civil war from start to finish but rather you only give the middle history. excellent information but again very disappointing that your title was either miss titled or woefully done so.

[MuddieRain]

“Lord Protector is but another name for King, and you're a cruel one.”

[stewartlogie]

Really dislike the “diagonal” processing of the B roll clips in this video

[thehillbillygamer]

So this guy is saying that they Common People supported the king and if they would have been allowed to vote they would have voted for the King

[anzukadotani]

and it was fitting cromwells body was dug up later and destroyed, the Scottish civil went ahead at same time and had a big bearing on the English civil war. with the great montrose on the kings side along with highland clans. montrose pleaded for charles to come scotland and fight from there, but the covenanters stood in the way

[thehillbillygamer]

So you saying the poor people supported the king the Common People supported the king Randy Rich Lords in Parliament Rich businessman in London supported the parliament against the king so it sounds like the king with the People's Choice