whose line "Gather ye Rosebuds while ye may" distilled the Cavalier ethos. Their rallying to the king owed much to privilege and patronage, but the author also situates them in a culture war ...

says John Adamson Few stock figures are more easily recognisable than that of the Civil War cavalier. From his broad-brimmed hat with its ostrich-feather plume to the soles of his high-cut leather ...

Choosing Sides in the English Civil War'. In this second episode, we hear about some of the bloodiest battles between Roundheads and Cavaliers, the leaders who came to the fore during these trying ...

From royalism and religion to money and women, Dr Mark Stoyle uncovers the complex motivations behind the choosing of sides in the English Civil War ... Royalists were 'Cavaliers' - a term ...

"Civil war has engulfed the Labour Party." That was how the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon summed up the week in Holyrood. Hapless Labour MSPs watched with horror as the Roundheads and Cavaliers fought it out ...

The symbol – an ultra-rare 25 square foot Parliamentarian battle flag – will go on public display for the first time since the English Civil War, when the National Army Museum reopens next ...

Nicola Shulman revels in Reprobates: The Cavaliers of the English Civil War by John Stubbs, a vibrant account of the Royalist poets. John Stubbs is the starry young literary historian whose ...

From royalism and religion to money and women, Dr Mark Stoyle uncovers the complex motivations behind the choosing of sides in the English Civil War ... Royalists were 'Cavaliers' - a term ...