Civilian concerns
- Created by: ellawg
- Created on: 31-03-15 11:13
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- Civilian Concerns
- Had to accommodate occupying troops
- garrison forced demanded payment for protection
- 'double jeoprady'
- assist a side and be punished by the other
- Some commanders encouraged plundering
- e.g. Prince Rupert
- towns badly damaged
- would they be repaired?
- estates seized
- friends were as likely to be looted as enemies
- e.g. sacking at Leicester
- Religious extremism
- Repeat of 30 Years War
- witchcraft
- Violence of soldiers
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- High taxation
- Foreign mercenaries
- mistrust
- Trade disruption
- Less manpower to work on land
- crops taken by soldiers
- women had to do the jobs
- starvation
- Had to accommodate occupying troops
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