Originally published in 1985 the English Civil War is a subject which continues to excite enormous interest throughout the world. This atlas consists of over fifty maps illustrating all the major - and many of the minor - bloody campaigns and battles of the War, including the campaigns of Montrose, the battle of Edgehill and Langport.
Providing a complete introductory history to the turbulent period, it also includes maps giving essential background information; detailed accompanying explanations; a useful context to events.
Originally published in 1985, this atlas consists of over fifty maps illustrating all the major - and many of the minor - bloody campaigns and battles of the War, including the campaigns of Montrose, the battle of Edgehill and Langport.
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'Required reading for anyone interested in the story of this war ... a really excellent work' - Ronald Hutton, University of Bristol
'An enormous amount of shrewd comment ... an excellent account of the features of the English landscape which helped or hindered the movement of armies ... skillfully outlines the realities of war in this period ... an invaluable addition to the literature.' - Anthony Fletcher, The Journal for Post-Medieval Archaeology
'There was a real need for an atlas such as this ... an interesting and well informed account of how the forces on both sides were raised and of the sort of men who led them ... expert and lucid.' - Austin Woolrych, History
1. Scotland in 1639 1640 and the Bishops Wars
2. Flashpoints of Civil
War in the Summer of 1642
3. 1642: Prelude to Edgehill
4. The Battle of
Edgehill, 23 October 1642: Locality
5. The Battle of Edgehill, 23 October
1642: Field of Battle
6. 1642-1643: War in Yorkshire and the North-East
7.
1642-1643: War in Lancashire and the North-West
8. 1642-1643: War in the East
and East Midlands
9. 1642-1643: War in the Centre
10. 1643-1643: War in the
West 11 1643: Roundway Down and the Fall of Bristol
12. 1642-1643: War in
Wales and the Borders
13. The Military Situation in Late 1643
14. War in the
North: The Scottish Invasion, January to April 1644
15. 1644: War in Cheshire
and the Relief of Newark
16. War in the North: Fighting in Yorkshire, January
to April 1644
17. 1643-1644: The Fight Against Essex and Waller
18. The
Battle of Cheriton, 29 March 1644: Locality
19. The Battle of Cheriton, 29
March 1644: Field of Battle
20. 1644: The Campaigns of the Oxford Army, to
July
21. 1644: The Siege of York and War in the North-East
22. 1644: Ruperts
Relief March to York
23. The Battle of Marston Moor, 2 July 1644: Locality
24. The Battle of Marston Moor, 2 July 1644: Field of Battle
25. 1644: The
Campaign to Lostwithiel, July to September
26. Events Leading to the Second
Battle of Newbury
27. The Second Battle of Newbury, 27 October 1644: Locality
28. The Second Battle of Newbury, 27 October 1644: Field of Battle
29. The
Military Situation in Late 1644
30. Developments in Early 1645
31. The
Campaigns of the Marquess of Montrose 1644 1645: The War in the North
33.
1645: The Naseby Campaign
34. The Battle of Naseby, 14 June 1645: Locality
35. The Battle of Naseby, 14 June 1645 Field of Battle
36. 1645: War in the
West and the Battle of Langport
37. 1644-1645: The Risings of the Clubmen
38.
The Fall of Bristol and the Marches of the King
39. The End of the War: The
Battle of Torrington, 16 February 1646
40. The King, the Scots and the
Discontented Army
41. 1648: The Second Civil War: Royaltists and
Ex-parliamentarians
42. 1648: The Second Civil War: The Royalists and the
Scots , Prides Purge and the Kings Execution
43. 1641-1649: Civil War in
Ireland
44. 1649-1650: Cromwell in Ireland
45. The Rump Parliament and
Interregnum Government
46. 1650-1651: The Outbreak of the Third Civil War
47.
1650: The Dunbar Campaign
48. The Battle of Dunbar, 3 September 1650 and its
Aftermath
49. 1651: The Worcester Campaign
50. The Battle of Worcester, 3
September 1651: Locality
51. The Battle of Worcester, 3 September 1651: Field
of Battle
52. The Flight of Charles II After Worcester
53. Royalist
Conspiracy and the Risings of 1655
54. The Rule of the Major Generals
55.
1659: Sir George Booths Rising
56. 1660: George Moncks March South and the
Restoration of Charles II
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