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本帖最后由 xjjiaoshou 于 2021-3-2 15:50 编辑
A Scots Covenanter musketeer , 1644 .
Scots Covenanter 1644 :
This is the first of a series of figures I’m working on from what we should now call the British Civil Wars , to reflect the fact that all the countries were involved .
Since the War effectively started in Scotland , with the revolt of the bulk of the population against the King’s policies in 1639, it’s appropriate to give this Scotsman first place .
Scotland was a separate kingdom in 1639 , ruled by Charles 1st ,who was also King of England. Charles , himself a Scot , disliked the way the inhabitants of his Northern Kingdom organised their religion , and attempted to impose his new ideas on their Kirk : a dreadful mistake . Such was Scottish fervour to preserve their own Presbyterian church that they organised a national petition , known as the National Covenant ( hence the name of Covenanters ) then raised a formidable Army , commanded by large numbers of experienced professional officers recalled from the ongoing European wars.
This army saw off two very unwilling English Royal Armies sent to crush them , almost without fighting.
The eventual results of this debacle for Royal policy were the revolt of the English Parliament , who allied themselves with the Scots , and the outbreak of the War in England , once the King realised that he could get his own way only by fighting .
Once the war started in earnest in 1642 , the Parliament made an agreement with the the ruling party in Scotland to hire their army to assist its own in bringing the King to terms : the agreement was known as The Solemn League and Covenant , after which the Scots Army was named.
This Army moved south into England in early 1644 , laying siege to Newcastle , then on to be part of an allied Army besieging York.
The arrival of a Royalist relieving force led to the fateful battle of Marston Moor, in which the Royalist northern armies were effectively destroyed , and the North lost to the King .
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发表于 2021-3-15 13:23
