We can understand the class dynamic of Cavaliers and Roundheads because elements of that conflict remain powerful to this day. |
He was led a merry dance by Lord Fairfax and his son, Sir Thomas and was never able to totally overcome this energetic pair of Roundheads. |
Religion and geopolitics gave the nation a context, an idea that the rebels' vigilance matched that of Corsican freedom fighters, English Roundheads, or even Mosaic Hebrews. |
After changing hands at least half a dozen times during the English Civil War, Scarborough Castle has once again found the Roundheads at the gates. |
Exasperated roundheads would occasionally resort to pleading with regulators for help. |
It's a 14th Century Norman castle, which gained fame as the last Irish stronghold to submit to Oliver Cromwell's Roundheads. |