Anyone here interested in the English Civil Wars and Oliver Cromwell?

The Glorious Revolution was basically England's reset button.

I'm interested in it but I don't know much about it.

Didn't listen to the podcast but I assume it talks about how at that time, the armies were county based and rarely fought outside of their area. And the armies were led by aristocrats who were in Parliament and the officers were appointed rather than being professional soldiers. Cromwell managed to get a law passed that forced the aristocrats to choose between either their seat in Parliament or their military command.....all aristocrats except Cromwell....haha....he was able to keep both positions. Then Cromwell introduced the New Model Army which professionalized the military. Rather than it being a local army, it became an England wide fighting force that could be more easily managed and battle plans coordinated. New Model Army is also one of my favorite bands from the 80's.

Bc the Glorious Revolution is not the same as the English Civil War

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This was the mid 1600's, right around the height of British world power

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Not at their height quite yet at that point. After the glorious revolution and the set up of the Act of Settlement which allowed William and Mary and Queen Anne to eventually finish their rule before pegging the Hanovers as the heirs to the Eng. throne. The height of power really comes during the reign of the Hanovers in the 1700's and 1800's.

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It's called apathy, it's happening to us right now.

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It was rule by the wealthy elitists....which is happening to us now.

Yes. Recently finished reading "The History of Scotland" by Magnus Magnusson.

My surname clan grandfather fought on the side of Charles II forces against Cromwell. He, along with several thousand others were taken prisioner at The a Battle of Dunbar in 1650 after General Leslie made an absurdly stupid tactical mistake. Cromwells beleaguered forces fell back on Dunbar about 50 miles East of Edinburgh. His army was sick with dysentery and other diseases and was reduced to 11,000 troops. General Leslie followed him an set up an impregnable position on Doon Hill. He had 18,000 troops. He had Cromwell trapped between his position and the North Sea. Cromwell admitted that only "a miracle" could save his army.

The miracle came. Leslie was content to let Cromwell evacuate and make a humiliating retreat but the religous commissars who were superintending operations pressured Leslie to forsake their high position on Doon Hill and descend to the plain for a biblical pitched battle. What they called "going down against the Phillistines at Gilgal."

Cromwell, in disbelief of what he was seeing, quickly organized a pre-emptive attack by moving his Calvary to low ground at Brock Burn while the artillery was put in position on the flank. At 4:30 AM, Cromwell sent his six Calvary regiments and three foot regiments across the Brock Burn. His artillery laid on the fire from the flank. Before the Scots could organize a counter attack, Cromwell through in all his reserves and broke the Scottish Army. By mid morning it was over. The Scots lost 4,000 dead or wounded. Around 4,000 escaped. But 10,000 were taken prisioner. All because a General with an impregnable position and time to force a humiliating retreat from Scottish soil was influenced by his religous council to make a catastrophic decision.

My GF was one who was taken prisioner, along with his two brothers. They were all shipped overseas to colonies as indentured servants. Many went to the West Indies but my GF and his brothers were put on a ship called "The Unity" and sent to Massachusetts.

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