The Strength and Weaknesses of Royalists and Parliamentarians
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- Created on: 27-11-20 13:45
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- The Strength & Weaknesses of Royalists and Parliament
- Royalist Strengths
- Men fought for the crown as a tradition
- Some very wealthy supporters like Newcastle and Worcester
- Supporters could sell land to fund Charles
- Prince Rupert - Charles' nephew - was an experienced cavalry leader
- Had very experienced generals on their side
- Royalist weaknesses
- controlled the North and West, which were less wealthy
- contributions from supporters stopped when they had no more land to sell
- Prince Rupert's relationship with other generals was shaky
- Found it hard to recruit troops
- loyalty of militias was not reliable
- Parliament Strengths
- inspired men through religion
- controlled the more prosperous south and east = more taxes
- Held London
- Controlled the Navy so they could prevent supplies reaching Charles
- had experienced generals like Essex and Waller
- could hope to form an alliance with the Scots
- Parliament weakness
- London was not easy to control
- some unwillingness to aim for total defeat
- religious divisions
- loyalty of militias was not reliable
- How the Country Divided
- militias wanted to stay in the own counties
- spilt roughly evenly
- many declared neutrality to protect themselves + land from the destruction of war
- Royalist Strengths
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