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 [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/charles_i_king.shtml King Charles I] was king of England, Scotland and Ireland, whose conflicts with parliament led to civil war and his eventual execution.
-=== 1642-1651 England's Civil War ===
+=== 1642-1651 England's Civil War  ===
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War England's Civil War]. The English Civil War became a religious war between the Protestants and the Church of England. The&nbsp;Protestants won the war destroying most of the Castles in England that were used as strongholds by King Charles' army.&nbsp; Charles fled to Scotland but was returned to England where he was tried and beheaded for treason.&nbsp; Oliver Cromwell became&nbsp;the Lord Protector&nbsp;of England&nbsp;from 1651-1660.&nbsp; Oliver's son Richard became Lord Protector, but was overthrown by the House of the Lords.&nbsp; The Lords placed&nbsp;Charles&nbsp;II on the throne of England.&nbsp; Bishop's Courts were abolished and many changes in the government were instituted.
+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War England's Civil War(Wikipedia)]. The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political problems between Parliamentarians (Roundheads) and Royalists (Cavaliers). The first (1642–46) and second (1648–49) civil wars pitted the supporters of King Charles I against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the third war (1649–51) saw fighting between supporters of King Charles II and supporters of the Rump Parliament. The Civil War ended with the Parliamentary victory at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651.
+The English Civil War led to the trial and execution of Charles I, the exile of his son, Charles II, and replacement of English monarchy with, first, the Commonwealth of England (1649–53), and then with a Protectorate (1653–59), under Oliver Cromwell's personal rule. The monopoly of the Church of England on Christian worship in England ended with the victors consolidating the established Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. Constitutionally, the wars established the precedent that an English monarch cannot govern without Parliament's consent, although this concept was legally established only with the Glorious Revolution later in the century.
 === 1661 King Charles II ===