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The World Turned Upside Down – The British Civil Wars 1638-1651

1647 – A year of tumultuous and unstable ‘peace’

42 min • 10 maj 2024

1647 was the first year of peace after Parliament’s victory in the First Civil War. Rather than a return to pre-war normality, the year brought more instability as the lives of the British and Irish peoples were turned upside down. The year began when the defeated King was ‘sold’ to the Westminster Parliament by his ... Read more

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