English Civil War

noun

1. the war (1642–46) between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists, sometimes extended to include the events of the period 1646–48.

Example Sentences

The land has been pasture meadow since royalist forces drew up their lines on Lansdown Hill above us, in the English Civil War in the 1600s.

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The painting, which is not currently displayed by the Tate, depicts scenes from Virgil's epic Latin poem the Aeneid, and is believed to be a commentary on the English Civil War.

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The sonnet sits in the miscellany alongside "politically charged" works from the 1640s - the decade of the English Civil War, fought between Royalists and Parliamentarians.

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Brewer said that, in this way, Trump is revisiting battles that were settled in the 17th century during the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution.

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Over the centuries, the story of the burial of English Civil War leader Oliver Cromwell's headless body at Newburgh Priory in North Yorkshire has been myth, rumour and legend.

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