"Most of the Army preachers believed that the New Model was an army of saints who were possessed by the Holy Spirit an…"

"Both of the colony's principal dissenters- the English Puritans and the Scots-Irish- proudly considered themselves to…"

"In the summer of 1642 the First Civil War between King and Parliament had broken out in England. Initially both sides…"

"Despite these views it is doubtful that the rank and file of the New Model Army were as deeply imbued with religious …"

"William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle (1592-1676) commanded the Royalists in northern England, and during 1643 made he…"

"When a civil war began in the 1640s between the King's forces and the Parliamentary forces, many English religious di…"

"Prince Rupert was more than an inspiring leader; despite his youth he had wide experience of continental warfare, and…"

"England in August 1642 was in the midst of harvest, the fields covered in shocks of corn or standing golden brown rea…"

"It is fairly easy to conjure up in the imagination a picture of the New Model Army as a Bible-reading, Psalm-singing …"

"You have satisfaction in your conscience that you are in the right; that the king ought not to grant what is required…"