whats the difference between royalists and roundheads?

Answer 1

Just a humorous little take on your question:

"With the ascension of Charles I to the throne we come at last to the Central Period of English History...consisting in the utterly memorable Struggle between the Cavaliers (Wrong but Wromantic) and the Roundheads (Right and Repulsive).

Charles I was a Cavalier king and therefore had a small pointed beard, long flowing curls, a large, flat, flowing hat, and gay attire. The Roundheads, on the other hand, were clean-shaven and wore tall, conical hats, white ties, and sombre garments. Under these circumstances a Civil War was inevitable.

The Roundheads, of course, were so called because Cromwell had all their heads made perfectly round, in order that they should present a uniform appearance when drawn up in line."

Answer 2

Royalists were those who still believed in the Divine Right of Kings, that being that the monach is decided by God and that only He can dethrone or depose of him.
Roundheads is the nickname given to Parliamentarians as their hemets gave them the appearence of 'Round Heads'
They believed in a more devolved Government inn which the people run the country in essence an extention to the Magna Carta which originally took supreme power of the monach and distributed it "evenly" amongst the other Lords.
The English Civil War ended with the beheading of Charles I, and Cromwell was proclaimed Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England and Wales.
Cromwell was very unpopular as he was a strict puritan meaning that Christmas was very sterile with Church service, he also banned the creation of a Mince Pie as he believed it was a Catholic Tradition which based itself on Pagan religion.
After Cromwell's death, the nation breathed a sigh of relief and called back the exiled monach Charles II (The Merry monach) and the Monachic Rule began again, to this day Monachy rules but not supreme thanks to Cromwell, who in his declaration which all Kings and Queens of Great Britain all subject to is the legally elected members of Parliament.
Whilst the monachy is the only organisation to call Parliament, the monachy does little else, their main role now is to be a figurehead for the community.

(Blimey I've answered your question and then went on about the subjective history of Cromwell's actions.)

Answer 3

Different sides of the English Civil War, nine years of strive in the British Isles from 1642 to 1651.

The Royalists, as one would expect, supported the king, Charles the First of England. He really believed in the divine right of kings: ordained by God to rule over his subjects. Charles was head of the Church of England and intolerant of the various puritan sects which were developing during his reign.
Unfortunately for him that stubbornness ultimately cost him his head when he was executed in 1649 by the victorious Parliamentarians.

The Roundheads (so called for because of either the style of helmet they used or their fondness for short haircuts, in contrast to the flowing locks favoured by the cavalier Royalists), was the nickname of the Parliamentarian forces. These were initially led by people which included the Earl of Essex and Sir Thomas Fairfax, but later on a cavalry commander and MP for Huntington, Oliver Cromwell, emerged as the dominant leader. It was Cromwell who insisted that the king was tried for treason, and it was he is ultimately disbanded parliament and became Lord Protector (dictator) of the English Republic.

The Roundheads were basically fighting for more powers for Parliament (especially the House of Commons) and more religious freedom, as long as it was Protestant naturally.

A very interesting period of British history and I recommend it to you.

Answer 4

royalists fought for the King during the English Civil War, roundheads fought for Cromwell and the parliamentarians

Answer 5

Royalists supported the monarch. Round heads supported the Parliament

Answer 6

The Royalists were the pigs who fought for the Monarchy. After the civil war they became the Tories and what is now the Conservative Party. The Round heads were the Republicans lead by Oliver Cromwell. They were puritanical which required that they have short hair and so the name 'Round Heads'.

The War may have been over for a few hundred years but we still have the Monarchy.

Answer 7

They fought each other.

Now, no more clues.

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Oh sooth my savage torso.
Sash.

Answer 8

royalists fought for the king & dressed better,
round heads fought for cromwell they won & we are now ruled by prats like poodle blair

Answer 9

royalists had long hair and round heads were the Ned's (non educated delinquents of their era )

Answer 10

For gods sake let it go. The wars been over for 100s of years.