The end of the war greatly eased the English government's near bankrupt financial state. England and Spain were at peace for the next 50 years. In 1604, a group of English Catholics, angered by ...

Charles I became King of England in 1625. He fell out with the English Parliament for several reasons. The disputes escalated into a civil war in 1642. After nearly seven years of war, Charles was ...

The wooden stakes were discovered by archaeologists in the moat of Sheffield's former castle. The coins were minted by Royalists who needed their own form of currency while under siege. The Black ...