Mastodawn

Step inside St Mary’s Church, Putney in 1647, where soldiers, radicals, and reformers wrestled with bold, world shaping ideas about rights, representation, and how society should be governed. #democracy #englishcivilwar #nationalArchives #podcast https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/on-the-record-podcast/on-the-record-the-putney-debates/

On the Record: The Putney Debates

On this episode of On the Record, we step inside St Mary’s Church, Putney in 1647, where many wrestled with bold, world shaping ideas.

The National Archives

PugJesus Mar 23

The Puritans who stole Christmas!

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1908415/the-puritans-who-stole-christmas

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Mar 19

The #HouseOfLords was effectively abolished during the #EnglishCivilWar due to a Commons act from #ThisDayInHistory in 1649. During the Restoration that was ignored, so the UK still has that ridiculous body — only now it's largely appointed, feeding partisan power & corruption.

Ben Jeapes Mar 18

It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is KNIFE. The Holekhor know more than your average C17 Brit: like, why you don't operate with dirty knives, or fire guns on airships. #bookqw #englishcivilwar #airships https://www.benjeapes.com/index.php/novels/new-world-order/

Hear me read a longer extract at benjeapes.substack.com.

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Mar 10

#KingCharlesI dissolved parliament in 1629 on #ThisDayInHistory, beginning an 11-year period of English #Absolutism called the Personal Rule. When he needed more tax revenue & called a new parliament in 1640, it resulted in the #EnglishCivilWar. France should have paid attention.

Brewminate Mar 2

Political brilliance can be self-defeating. ⚔️🔥

George Digby’s intellect and rhetorical skill made him a formidable royalist figure during the English Civil War.

Yet instability and bold miscalculations complicated his legacy.

Influence demands more than talent. It requires steadiness.

#EnglishCivilWar #StuartEngland #Brewminate

https://brewminate.com/george-digby-brilliance-and-recklessness/

George Digby and Reckless Brilliance in 1640s England

An analysis of George Digby’s volatile leadership and how brilliance without judgment intensified the English Civil War crisis.

Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas

Punkrock History Feb 23

47 years ago today
"English Civil War" is a song by English punk rock band the Clash, featured on their second album, Give 'Em Enough Rope, and released as a single on 23 February 1979

#punk #punks #punkrock #englishcivilwar #theclash #punkrockhistory #otd

Martin Feb 17

#KeirStarmer and #YvetteCooper's persistent blaming of #advisors for their horrendous blunders is starting to sound like talk from the #EnglishCivilWar period.

#JeffreyEpstein #TheEpsteinFiles #PalestineAction #UnlawfulProscription #LabourTogether #TheKingsWickedAdvisors

https://thegreatcritique.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/we-opposeth-not-the-king-we-opposeth-his-wicked-advisors-video/

“We opposeth not the King. We opposeth his wicked advisors!” [VIDEO]

The ‘wicked advisors’ are still getting the blame nearly four hundred years after Charles I’s time

TheCritique Archives

PugJesus Feb 7

Yes, I'm the PURITAN who stole CHRISTMAS!

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1751744/yes-i-m-the-puritan-who-stole-christmas

Ben Jeapes Jan 28

It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is YELLOW. England, 1645, and King and Parliament are at each other's throats, but there is a third power at large in the land. #bookqw #englishcivilwar https://www.benjeapes.com/index.php/novels/new-world-order/

Hear me read a longer extract at benjeapes.substack.com.