Roundheads
Anti-royalist English faction
Roundheads were supporters of Parliament against King Charles I during the English Civil War (1642–1651).
The name mocked their close-cropped hair, contrasting with the long curls favored by Royalist Cavaliers.
The term now evokes Puritan severity and republican politics in 17th-century England.
The Roundheads ultimately prevailed, and Charles lost his head. (Lowercase roundheads refers to people or insects with round heads.)
English republican military leader
- English Civil War1640s British constitutional conflict
- PuritansEnglish Protestant reformers
- CommonwealthAssociation of sovereign states
- Oliver CromwellEnglish republican dictator
Advocate against hereditary rule
- antimonarchistOpponent of royal government
- commonwealthState for public good
- regicideMurdering a monarch
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
rebel · radical · resistance · dissenter · constitutionalist · reformer · opposition · insurgent
Protestant reform movement
- CalvinismPredestinarian Protestant theology
- ProtestantismReformation-era Christian movement
- PresbyterianElder-governed Protestant denomination
- godlinessState of spiritual purity
piety · iconoclasm · sermon · covenant · reformation · biblical · plain dress · predestination
Cromwell
English republican military leader
- English Civil War1640s British constitutional conflict
- PuritansEnglish Protestant reformers
- CommonwealthAssociation of sovereign states
Oliver Cromwell · Levellers · Charles I · regicide · Presbyterians
republican
Advocate against hereditary rule
- antimonarchistOpponent of royal government
- commonwealthState for public good
- regicideMurdering a monarch
revolutionary · rebel · radical · resistance · dissenter · constitutionalist · reformer · opposition · insurgent · agitator
Puritanism
Protestant reform movement
- CalvinismPredestinarian Protestant theology
- ProtestantismReformation-era Christian movement
- PresbyterianElder-governed Protestant denomination
godliness · piety · iconoclasm · sermon · covenant · reformation · biblical · plain dress · predestination · meetinghouse
- English Civil WarIronsides, King's Men
- Early ModernRenaissance, 1500s, 1600s, Reformation, sixteenth century
- Early Modern EnglandLondon, Shakespeare, Globe Theatre, Queen Elizabeth, Cromwell
- Early Modern Warfaremuskets, musketeers, pikemen, pikes, cannons
- English RestorationCharles II, Glorious Revolution, William of Orange, monarchy, Oliver Cromwell
- RevolutionsFrench Revolution, Russian Revolution, American Revolution, Cuban Revolution, Mexican Revolution