okay yeah id call that episode a win

fairfax new model army ad

pym mention

ship tax mention

RICHARD

Horrible Histories - Grisly Great Fire of London (2016)

Charles II’s court celebrates the end of 1665 and the Great Plague of London.

i think one of my new favourite examples of wars of the three kingdoms-adjacent bullshit is the naming and renaming of ships. there are three main examples of this:

the commonwealth launches the ship marston moor in 1654. nice, cool name, makes sense - that was a very providential win for the parliamentarians. when the restoration happens the ship is renamed hms york. also fine and cool, but a little weird since the siege of york happened immediately before the battle of marston moor and was also a loss for the royalists. but that's gotta be a coincidence. anyway

the commonwealth also launches a very nice ship called naseby in 1655, similarly named after a decisive parliamentarian victory in the first english civil war. this is the ship they send to collect charles ii from the netherlands in 1660, so naturally they wanted to rename it, and it's thought that both the king and his brother called it royal charles. a bit boring imo

by far the best one has to be sovereign of the seas, which is a really cool name, but perhaps a little long because it's reduced to just sovereign after charles i's execution (since things over than monarchs e.g, parliament can also be sovereign ig?). after the restoration, rather than changing it back, they add a 'royal' at the front so now it's just royal sovereign. oh the wasted potential

i am being so so normal rn*

*thinking about the way both cat and marwood are the children of fifth monarchists. the way that both end up tied to and having to care for older men whose minds are worn down by both age and time spent in prison. the way those same men become more extreme and show more hateful views towards women as time passes. the way both cat and elizabeth cromwell have absentee fathers who missed most of their adolescence and fled the country for entirely different reasons. the way neither of them found the place or trust to find what they had in common because they were too occupied keeping secrets and trying to protect themselves and their loved ones. the way that the recent wars and the religious/political divide they created has continued to linger and affects so many elements of so many people's lives

inventing grindr for pikemen and footsoldiers in my inventor's lair

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872-1945, British) ~ The Book of Old English Songs and Ballads - 08 : "Pride and Ambition here Only in far-fetch metaphors appear", 1915

of course the wallingford house party wasn't nearly as fun as it sounds 😔

I just fondled a cannon ball from the English civil war

It confirmed to me that we should go back to cannon balls in the upcoming revolution

love your icon :-)..! Meek Knight

aaaa thank you!!! 😭 it's one of my favourite woodcuts/illustrations from the period, and of course richard is a big fave

Building nations is not the glorious affair one might suppose. It is short nights and fools asking questions.

To Kill a King (2003), dir. Mike Barker.

I find I cannot kill you, but one day soon a man who loves you less will, and I will raise his gun to stop you. And he'll be right.

To Kill A King (2003), dir. Mike Barker.

yes i love 'to kill a king' (2003). yes i hate 'to kill a king' (2003). what's not clicking

It's an odd thing, Mr. Ireton. Every man who wages war believes God is on his side. I'll warrant God should often wonder who is on his. Cromwell (1970)

dougray scott as thomas fairfax in to kill a king (2003)

dougray scott as thomas fairfax in to kill a king (2003)

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