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

Prince Rupert’s burning love of England, discovered in Birmingham’s flames

24 min • 20 september 2024

On Easter Monday 1643 Prince Rupert led a force which assaulted the town of Birmingham as he moved along the road to meet up with Queen Henrietta Maria who was on her way to meet Charles I in Oxford. This was a short and seemingly insignificant skirmish. Birmingham had no significant defences and the parliamentary ... Read more

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