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[ivyfic]

In my lectures on Tudor and Stuart England, I'm up to the British Civil War, which always makes me think of this:

And you know? That song mentions pretty much everything the last three lectures have discussed.

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[airspaniel.livejournal.com]

That song got me a perfect score on my AP European history exam. I will never forget it.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

I've always remember Cromwell's birth and death dates because of it! Cromwell is of particular interest to me, since I'm descended from one of his uncles, who sat as a judge over Charles I, then fled to America when Charles II ascended. (There's a place in New Haven called Three Judges Cave, where he and two other parliamentarians spent a winter hiding from royalists.) So a branch of my family only came to the New World because of these events!

Also:
- A greater percentage of the British population was killed in the English Civil War (~3.8%) than in any other war, including WWI.
- When Cromwell attacked Ireland, he slaughtered roughly 600,000 people. In a country of 1.4 million.