num_pages: 272
description: Decades of discontent finally led to armed conflict between King Charles' flamboyant Cavaliers and Parliament's somber Roundheads in 1642. The evenly-matched battles of the English Civil War have long been studied by military enthusiasts, but the political debates of the era also led directly to modern concepts of separation of church and state, division of powers, and representative government. Alfred H. Burns was an accomplished historian and Peter Young had practical experience of military-religious affairs as former deputy commander of the Arab Legion.
language: English
title: The Great Civil War: A Military History of the First Civil War, 1642-1646
publisher: Windrush Press, Limited