English Civil War The initiator of the

English Civil War

The initiator of the war was made by King Charles I Stuart. Parliament was forced to take up this challenge

Experience of the Thirty Years War had a noticeable impact on the English Civil War: most of the command staff had experience in European armed conflict. With the exception of a few pieces, but most important, such as Oliver Cromwell.

Oliver Cromwell was elected to Parliament in 1628 and then in 1640 in front of the capital's aristocrats, he was rustic and uncouth. In the spirit of the time, he constantly resorted to in the speeches of biblical images and comparisons

Initiatives Cromwell. First, he organized a volunteer squad of cavalry. He thought it possible to serve the people of the patent officer "simple"

The issue of discipline was put on the shelf Cromwell is very tough. The slightest violation of her was punished very severely. No looting was not allowed. The use of profanity was punishable by a fine, for stealing a chicken guilty shackled in the stocks, for more serious infractions - run through a gauntlet.

Colonel Cromwell did all his soldiers to receive salaries, were full, equally equipped and armed. Constant exercise regiment created by him turned into a single coherent mechanism.

In the battles of his soldiers struck its unity, organization, and persistence.

Campaign 1642 -1643 By early summer 1644 in the parliamentary army and allied troops of Count Lieven Scottish ousted the Cavaliers from the northern counties of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, and began the siege, "the capital of the North" - York.