Campaigns of the Eastern Association: The Rise of Oliver Cromwell, 1642-1645 Spring Laurence
Campaigns of the Eastern Association: The Rise of Oliver Cromwell, 1642-1645 Spring Laurence The Eastern Association is best known for its performance at the battle of Marston Moor and the rise of…
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Campaigns of the Eastern Association: The Rise of Oliver Cromwell, 1642-1645 Spring Laurence
The Eastern Association is best known for its performance at the battle of Marston Moor and the rise of Oliver Cromwell, but it was so much more. It then assisted the remains of the Earl of Essex's Army and Sir William Waller's at the second battle of Newbury. It was one of the most successful Parliamentary armies that served during the First Civil War; firstly having to secure the counties of East Anglia from Royalist sympathizers and then supporting Lord Fairfax's Northern Association in its struggle with Newcastle's Army and the latter's final defeat at the battle of Marston Moor.
Using contemporary and archaeological evidence this book looks at these two battles, as well as Gainsborough and Winceby, and the sieges of Reading, King's Lynn, Lincoln and York.It also looks at the religious and political divisions within the army caused by the Presbyterians and Cromwell's
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