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1 giorno fa · 1. The Royal Army, Countenanced by the King's own Presence in it, commanded by Prince Rupert and Prince Maurice, which was that Army which sought his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax his Army at Naseby, the King in Person at that Fight. 2. Besides the King had a very considerable Force of Horse and Foot in Wales, under the Command of ...
5 giorni fa · The second half explores the salient themes of which, as you would expect, there are many: Fairfax and the causes of the civil wars; questions of honour and religion; Sir Thomas and his image; and a look at the way Sir Thomas his relatives sought to write themselves into history.
4 giorni fa · Sir Thomas Fairfax, with the parliamentary army, was quartered at Topsham on the 27th of October, 1645, and it seems to have been the head-quarters of the army for somewhat more than a fortnight, after which they removed to Ottery.
4 giorni fa · Sir Thomas Fairfax, during his victorious career in the west, sat down with his army before Dartmouth on the 12th of January, 1646; on the Sunday following, after the soldiers had been exhorted by the celebrated Hugh Peters, the town was stormed.
5 giorni fa · Britain in Revolution, 1625-1660. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN: 198200811X; 825pp.; Price: £25.00. Britain in Revolution is a huge book in every sense, the distillation of a lifetime’s-worth of teaching, researching and writing, resulting in a large, sweeping narrative account of a very high standard.
4 giorni fa · Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell Lord General Thomas Fairfax, the first commander of the New Model Army. Until the English Civil War, England never had a standing army with professional officers and careerist corporals and sergeants.
5 giorni fa · In 1648 during the second civil war siege of Colchester he became a New Model Army preacher, cultivating the patronage of Sir Thomas Fairfax and most crucially Oliver Cromwell, who was the key to his meteoric rise. Owen quickly became the favoured preacher and theologian of post-regicide regimes.
