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English Civil Wars and Commonwealth

War
The story of the English Civil Wars and the controversy surrounding Cromwell.                          

• Cromwell
  Historian Blair Worden reviews the 1970 film.
• Cromwell and the English Civil Wars: Ask the expert
  Historian Blair Worden answers questions about the Lord Protector and the Puritans.
• Cromwell: New Model Englishman – Interviews
  Interviews with historians Angela Anderson and Blair Worden on Oliver Cromwell.
• The Devil in Essex: Witch-hunting in Old and New England
  Dr Malcolm Gaskill reveals how witch-hunts in Cromwellian England led to  similar atrocities in the New World.
• The Legacy of the Levellers
  Tony Benn remembers the contribution of the Levellers to British democracy and socialism.
• Prince Henry
  The heir of James I and VI, whose early death cast a shadow over his succeeding brother Charles I.
• Witchfinder General
  According to Malcolm Gaskill, this 1968 film set in Civil War England – a period-piece about love and loss, exploitation and vengeance – self-consciously manipulates the known facts.

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