Edward Montagu, the Second Earl of Manchester, has received a bad press from historians. He has traditionally been viewed as a mediocrity, who led the Eastern Association army poorly and hampered the...

An in-depth account throwing fresh light on the dark side of one of Oliver Cromwell's most famous military campaigns.

Sir Simonds D’Ewes, a seventeenth-century gentleman bred in Dorset, but ultimately shaped by a deep and lasting love for Suffolk, was not destined for greatness. Nor did he have greatness thrust upon...

How Cavaliers and Roundheads in English ghost stories reflect historical trauma, integrating detailed regional history of the 1642-1651 conflicts.Cavaliers and Roundheads are figures who appear in hundreds...

During the English Civil War, Newark held immense strategic value as a crossing over the River Trent before the Humber estuary. Dubbed the ‘Key to the North’, it stands at the intersection of two...

The 2023 Century of the Soldier Conference discusses ‘Novelty and Change’ through diverse papers on overlooked research impacted by the pandemic.The 2023 Century of the Soldier Conference was held...

Although the concept of ‘Britain’ dates back to the Roman period, it was James I that founded Britain in the modern sense. With his accession to the throne in 1603, for the first time Scotland,...

A revisionist history showing a gradual build-up of opposition and a drift to conflict which few expected or wanted