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English Civil War. The Battle of Naseby, 14 June 1645; Parliamentarian victory marked the decisive turning point in the English Civil War. The English Civil War refers to a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England [b] from 1642 to 1651.
High explosive squash head. (HESH) Cross section of a 120 mm HESH round from the Arjun main battle tank. A high-explosive squash head ( HESH ), in British terminology, or a high-explosive plastic/plasticized ( HEP ), in American terminology, [1] is a type of explosive projectile with plastic explosive that conforms to the surface of a target ...
A member or adherent of the Parliamentary party in the Civil War of the 17th century, so called from their custom of wearing the hair close cut. Cavalier:3. A name given to those who fought on the side of Charles I in the war between him and the Parliament; a 17th c. Royalist.
A roundhead was a type of mace used during the English Civil War. It is described as having a head about 9 inches (23 cm), a staff 2 yards (1.8 m) long inserted into the head, twelve iron spikes round about, with another spike in the end. [1] [2] In 1643 an article in Mercurius Civicus claimed the weapon was called a roundhead by the Cavaliers ...
Testa rotonda, dipinto di John Pettie. Teste rotonde [1] [2] (in inglese Roundhead) fu il soprannome dato ai puritani che sostenevano il Parlamento durante la guerra civile inglese. Erano guidati da Oliver Cromwell. I loro nemici, i sostenitori del re Carlo I, erano invece detti Cavalieri. [2]
Roundheads was de spottende benaming die werd gegeven aan de parlementsgezinden ten tijde van de Engelse Burgeroorlog (1642-1651). De benaming bleef in gebruik voor mensen met republikeinse neigingen tot aan de Glorious Revolution van 1688. Hun tegenstanders, de koningsgezinden, stonden bekend onder de bijnaam cavaliers, een benaming die ook ...
Photos of Oliver Cromwell's head, owned at the time by Rev. H. R. Wilkinson (from a 1911 news article). [8] Oliver Cromwell, born on 25 April 1599, led the Parliamentarian army in the English Civil War. Upon his army's victory, he oversaw the conversion of England into a republic, abolishing the monarchy and the House of Lords after the ...
