Why is the English Civil War so called?

Question

Charles was monarch of Scotland, Wales and N Ireland also. Is it because Charles 1 and the English parliament were at loggerheads over his belief in the Divine Right of Kings? Was Scotland not involved in any way? The Scots had their own parliament so perhaps this is why they were not involved.

Answer 1

The British Revolution is a much better name - after all it did culminate in regicide. The word British also recognises that the conflict took in all the kingdoms of which Charles I was king, it also reflects the fact the problems posed by ruling four kingdoms with very different cultures and religious demands constitutes some of the main reasons for the conflict and its precipitation.

Answer 2

Charles was king of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, not just the north.
The war took place in England most of the fighting was done by the English. The Scots intervened on the side of Parliament, but mostly kept out of trouble. There was some fighting in Wales but not much. Ireland of course was in rebellion.
To English people this is just 'the Civil war'. You only give a name to a civil war if you're from outside the country.

Answer 3

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Yes the Scots were involved - - - very much involved - - - the not So Civil War was primarily triggered when Charles the 1st raised an army to punish the Scots for their rebellious nature. The Scots subsequently became the bulwark of the Parliamentarian Cause against the Royalist.

http://www.historyonthenet.com/Civil_War/charlesi.htm
"""Charles demanded that the new English Prayer Book be used in Scottish Churches. This was a very big mistake. The Scots were more anti-Catholic than the English and many of them were Puritan (an extreme branch of Protestantism). There were riots in Scotland against the new service and Charles was forced to raise an army to fight against the Scots. The English army was defeated by the Scots and Charles foolishly agreed to pay Scotland £850 per day until the matter was settled. Money he did not have!"""

http://www.historyonthenet.com/Civil_War/timelinecivilwar.htm

It was a Civil War in that it was an internal fight for the United Kingdom of England Scotland Wales & Ireland and Colonial interests.
Peace

Answer 4

A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society or nationality fight against each other for the control of political power. Political scientists use two criteria: the warring groups must be from the same country and fighting for control of the political center, control over a separatist state or to force a major change in policy. A revolution is generally seen as a civil war fought over issues of ideology, over how power should be organized and distributed, not merely over which individuals hold it. Simply put, in the American Revolution, those who rose to to govern the US were powerless (rich...but politically powerless) before the event. In the 13 colonies, a new type of society had grown different from that of the mother country (no landed hereditary nobility). In the case of the English Civil War, it was (more) a question of who rules, nobles in parliament or nobles of the king? Had the revolutionaries lost, the events of 1776 would likely have been the American insurgency of 1776.

Answer 5

The English Civil War was fought between the English Parliament [House of Commons] and the King of England, HM King Charles II.

The English Civil War spread to parts of Wales, which remained loyal to His Majesty throughout.

God save the King.

Edit: there are about two hundred [200] battle field sites in England alone. The English have been fighting each other for many centuries. The English Civil War, so called, was just one more war and the way in which the English traditionally settled their diffferences.

Nothing's changed then? Go to your nearest town centre on a Friday and Saturday night and see what I mean. You can also see the wounded coming in if your visit your local Accident and Emergency at your nearest hospital.

Don't blame me.

Apparently it's much worse in Wales. We Welsh have a hobby. It's called 'WAR'.

Answer 6

Well we did support Charles I in Scotland, which might explain why Oliver Cromwell invaded here. I think though because it was a matter primarily concerningthe English parliament could be the reason, like you say it was called the English Civil War.

Answer 7

Basically it was about the future of the English parliament and the monarchy. This also overlapped into the religious divide. The right to rule by Parliament or King. The deciding battlefields were in England.

Answer 8

if you know your history Charles was desecended from a long line of scottish kings and queen and in our history the king was the head and divine right to rule and when james 6th took over from elizabeth 1st he wanted the same considerations in england that he had in scotland but he was soon abused for that I as a scot many of us up here wished he had stayed up here then things may have been diferent and britain would be ruled from scotland

Answer 9

It always was a mis-nomer.

Not least because it was nothing like the only civil war in England!

"The war of three nations" is a term sometimes used by historians as less inaccurate, but it hasn't been taken up popularly.

The Scots were decidedly involved, with their own agenda and factions.

Follow the twists and turns in the life of possibly the best general of the war, the Marquess of Montrose, who was Scottish and Covenanter *and* later Royalist.

Answer 10

The English Civil War is called that because it was only fought in England. I suppose the Scots had a view on who they wanted to win but they didn't do anything about it and neither did the Welsh as far as one can tell. It was fought solely on English soil and the majority of people who died were English.