A woman's eye will shed a tear to see his face so beaten in fear and it was just around the corner in the English civil war. #TheClash #EnglishCivilWar
📸: Jacques Mart
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The shadows keep falling when Johnny comes marching home. #TheClash #EnglishCivilWar
When Johnny comes marching home again, nobody understands it can happen again. #TheClash #EnglishCivilWar
📸: Mike Graham
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When johnny comes marching home again, he's coming by bus or underground. #TheClash #EnglishCivilWar
📸: Daz’s Photography
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Following the Civil War Mytton retired from his military career and became the MP for Shropshire instead.
📸: Rob Jones
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It was still at the stage of clubs and fists when that well-known face got beaten to bits. #TheClash #EnglishCivilWar
📸: Jonathan White
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But who hid a radio under the stairs an' who got caught out on their unawares? #TheClash #EnglishCivilWar
📸: Stuart Bulman
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When that new party army came marching right up the stairs. #TheClash #EnglishCivilWar
📸: Yorkshire Pictures
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📸: Karen Berry
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This portrait depicts the English metaphysical poet and politician Andrew Marvell (1621–1678). It was painted by an unknown artist around 1655–1660 and is part of the National Portrait Gallery collection in London. Marvell is celebrated for his intellectually complex metaphysical verse, with his most famous work being "To His Coy Mistress". : Beyond his poetry, Marvell served as a Member of Parliament for Kingston Upon Hull.
to my Lord Fairfax", meditating on the estate's history, gardens, and surrounding nature. #17thCentury #EnglishCivilWar #AndrewMarvell #ThomasFairfax #Poetry
in enclosed terrain, became exposed and strung out crossing the moor. Caught by Royalist horse and lacking cavalry support, Fairfax’s men were overwhelmed, losing up to 1,000 infantry in what he later called his worst defeat. Image: National Portrait Gallery CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 #EnglishCivilWar #Leeds
📸: David Gee
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The sun is shining an' the kids are shouting loud but you gotta know it's shining through a crack in the cloud. #TheClash #EnglishCivilWar
Ludlow had been opposed to the religious policies King Charles I had tried to enact in the years preceding the war, and viewed the conflict as a way to enact the changes he wanted to see instead.
📸: Caitriona Muir
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The next time these two armies would face on the open battlefield it would be at Marston Moor.
📸: Michael Molcher
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Your face was blue in the light of the screen as we watched the speech of an animal scream. #TheClash #EnglishCivilWar
📸: Michael Molcher
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Historical image of Oliver Cromwell
Then civil war erupted in 1642. Parliamentarians condemned the king's 'popish' vanity. They sold his art collection. But Van Dyck's vision had already been captured. The king would be beheaded in 1649, but the majestic image survived. #EnglishCivilWar #ArtAndPower
Alright, there you are, ha ha, I told you so, says everybody that we know. #TheClash #EnglishCivilWar
📸: Tony Pennance
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The siege of #KingsLynn was about much more than cannon fire. It was also about divided loyalties, money, trade, fear, local influence, and the strain of war on an important port.
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circato.co.uk/siege-of-kin...
EIKON BASILIKE 1649 KING CHARLES Suffering ENGLISH CIVIL WAR Prayers GAUDEN
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The #HouseOfLords was effectively abolished during the #EnglishCivilWar due to a Commons act from #ThisDayInHistory in 1649. During the Restoration that was ignored, so the UK still has that ridiculous body — only now it's largely appointed, feeding partisan power & corruption.
It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is KNIFE. The Holekhor know more than your average C17 Brit: like, why you don't operate with dirty knives, or fire guns on airships. #bookqw #englishcivilwar #airships www.benjeapes.com/index.php/no...
Hear me read a longer extract at benjeapes.substack.com.