Causes of the English Civil War
What caused the English Civil War?
The English Civil War took place from 1641 to 1651, and involved a series of conflicts between the parliamentarians lead by Oliver Cromwell, and the royalists. The causes of the English Civil War covered a number of years. The reign of Charles I had seen a marked deterioration in the relationship between Crown and Parliament. This breakdown may well have occurred as early as 1625. There were both short term and long term causes for the civil war, which included; the kings negative attitude towards parliament and parliamentarians, the fact that the royals had less money available then their rivals, and finally, the King’s marriage to a French catholic princess, which caused a threat to the Church of England and Scottish churches.
One major factor of why the civil war broke out was religion. Charles upset many people over the decisions and propositions he made. For example he had a clash with parliament over whether the Church of England should be reformed into the model that he wanted or whether, as Parliament wished, that it should move to a Puritan model with the abolition of the Bishops. Religion had divided the country since Henry VIII, and it was not easy to please everyone. Charles had a really bad relationship with parliament which proved to be a vital point in the outbreak of civil war.
Charles clashed with the Scots over religion on several occasions. The end of Charles’s independent rule came when he attempted to apply the same religious policies in Scotland as he had in England. The Scottish Church had independent traditions; however, Charles wanted to impose a uniform church throughout Britain, by introducing a new, High Anglican, version of the English Book of Common Prayer. This did not go well with the Scottish people it eventually led to a riot in Edinburgh. In February 1638 the Scots formulated their objections to the royal policy and put in a document called the “Loyal Protest”, which rejected all his
The English Civil War took place from 1641 to 1651, and involved a series of conflicts between the parliamentarians lead by Oliver Cromwell, and the royalists. The causes of the English Civil War covered a number of years. The reign of Charles I had seen a marked deterioration in the relationship between Crown and Parliament. This breakdown may well have occurred as early as 1625. There were both short term and long term causes for the civil war, which included; the kings negative attitude towards parliament and parliamentarians, the fact that the royals had less money available then their rivals, and finally, the King’s marriage to a French catholic princess, which caused a threat to the Church of England and Scottish churches.
One major factor of why the civil war broke out was religion. Charles upset many people over the decisions and propositions he made. For example he had a clash with parliament over whether the Church of England should be reformed into the model that he wanted or whether, as Parliament wished, that it should move to a Puritan model with the abolition of the Bishops. Religion had divided the country since Henry VIII, and it was not easy to please everyone. Charles had a really bad relationship with parliament which proved to be a vital point in the outbreak of civil war.
Charles clashed with the Scots over religion on several occasions. The end of Charles’s independent rule came when he attempted to apply the same religious policies in Scotland as he had in England. The Scottish Church had independent traditions; however, Charles wanted to impose a uniform church throughout Britain, by introducing a new, High Anglican, version of the English Book of Common Prayer. This did not go well with the Scottish people it eventually led to a riot in Edinburgh. In February 1638 the Scots formulated their objections to the royal policy and put in a document called the “Loyal Protest”, which rejected all his