ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1985 the English Civil War is a subject which continues to excite enormous interest throughout the world. This atlas consists of over fifty maps illustrating all the major - and many of the minor - bloody campaigns and battles of the War, including the campaigns of Montrose, the battle of Edgehill and Langport.
Providing a complete introductory history to the turbulent period, it also includes maps giving essential background information; detailed accompanying explanations; a useful context to events.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

chapter Map 1|2 pages

Scotland in 1639–1640 and the Bishops’ Wars

chapter Map 2|2 pages

Flashpoints of Civil War in the Summer of 1642

chapter Map 3|2 pages

1642: Prelude to Edgehill

chapter Maps 4 & 5|2 pages

The Battle of Edgehill, 23 October 1642

chapter Map 8|2 pages

1642–1643: War in the East and East Midlands

chapter Map 9|2 pages

1642–1643: War in the Centre

chapter Map 10|2 pages

1642–1643: War in the West

chapter Map 11|2 pages

1643: Roundway Down and the Fall of Bristol

chapter Map 12|2 pages

1642–1643: War in Wales and the Borders

chapter Map 13|2 pages

The Military Situation in Late 1643

chapter Map 15|2 pages

1644: War in Cheshire and the Relief of Newark

chapter Map 17|2 pages

1643–1644: The Fight Against Essex and Waller

chapter Maps 18 & 19|2 pages

The Battle of Cheriton, 29 March 1644

chapter Map 20|2 pages

1644: The Campaigns of the Oxford Army, to July

chapter Map 22|2 pages

1644: Rupert’s Relief March to York

chapter Maps 23 & 24|2 pages

The Battle of Marston Moor, 2 July 1644

chapter Map 26|2 pages

Events Leading to the Second Battle of Newbury

chapter Maps 27 & 28|2 pages

The Second Battle of Newbury, 27 October 1644

chapter Map 29|2 pages

The Military Situation in Late 1644

chapter Map 30|2 pages

Developments in Early 1645

chapter Map 31|2 pages

The Campaigns of the Marquess of Montrose

chapter Map 32|2 pages

1644–1645: The War in the North

chapter Map 33|2 pages

1645: The Naseby Campaign

chapter Maps 34 & 35|2 pages

The Battle of Naseby, 14 June 1645

chapter Map 36|2 pages

1645: War in the West and the Battle of Langport

chapter Map 37|2 pages

1644–1645: The Risings of the Clubmen

chapter Map 38|2 pages

The Fall of Bristol and the Marches of the King

chapter Map 40|2 pages

The King, the Scots and the Discontented Army

chapter Map 43|2 pages

1641–1649: Civil War in Ireland

chapter Map 44|2 pages

1649–1650: Cromwell in Ireland

chapter Map 45|2 pages

The Rump Parliament and Interregnum Government

chapter Map 46|2 pages

1650–1651: The Outbreak of the Third Civil War

chapter Map 47|2 pages

1650: The Dunbar Campaign

chapter Map 49|2 pages

1651: The Worcester Campaign

chapter Maps 50 & 51|2 pages

The Battle of Worcester, 3 September 1651

chapter Map 52|2 pages

The Flight of Charles II after Worcester

chapter Map 53|2 pages

Royalist Conspiracy and the Risings of 1655

chapter Map 54|2 pages

The Rule of the Major Generals

chapter Map 55|2 pages

1659: Sir George Booth’s Rising