/ en /british-civil-wars-and-defence-oxford <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2019-07/Plaque%20outside%20the%20Clore%20Music%20Studios%2C%20indicating%20the%20line%20of%20the%20Civil%20War%20fortifications%20of%20Oxford.png.webp?itok=fiDeKnFx" width="655" height="435" alt="Plaque outside the Clore Music Studios, indicating the line of the Civil War fortifications of Oxford" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> The British Civil Wars and the Defence of Oxford </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">David Parrott</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2019): 11</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/72" hreflang="en">17thC history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/663" hreflang="en">King Charles I</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>Nine months of political uncertainty finally came to a climax in mid-1642. Since the outbreak of the Irish revolt in October 1641, the constitutional dispute between King Charles I and the radical opponents of his rule in both the Houses of Commons and Lords of the Long Parliament, had acquired a military dimension. Both factions were acquiring military resources and moving ever-further from any possibility of compromise. Yet there was no reason for the people of Oxford to suspect that the city would become central to the forthcoming civil war.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Plaque outside the Clore Music Studios, indicating the line of the Civil War fortifications of Oxford<br>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2019-07/11NCN6%20%282019%29%20Parrott%20on%20British%20Civil%20Wars.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=710200" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">11NCN6 (2019) Parrott on British Civil Wars.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">693.55 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Sun, 28 Jul 2019 21:32:39 +0000 Christopher 1884 at