It was a time of great bitterness and hatred in Britain - a war that set father against son and brother against brother.
The breakdown in relations between a Parliament with a strong purpose and a King who believed in his divine right to rule, set the scene for a series of brutal battles that were truly a struggle for the soul of a nation.
The outcome of the English Civil War shaped the course of the nation's history, and laid the foundations of the country as it is today.
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