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Marston Moor

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Prince Rupert – Royalist poster boy

The battle of Marston Moor, which occurred in 1644 at the height of the English Civil War, was a turning point in the conflict. The Royalist side, supporting the divine right of kings, a high church verging on Catholicism and the status quo, had had some reverses but some successes too. The Parliamentarian side, who on the face of it seemed to have a much more egalitarian manifesto but...