CHAPTER XXXIV

THE FORMATION OF PARLIAMENTARY PARTIES AND THE FIRST YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR. 1641-1644

1. The King's Visit to Scotland. 1641 532

2. Parties formed on Church Questions. 1641 532

3. Irish Parties. 1641 533

4. The Irish Insurrection. 1641 533

5. The Grand Remonstrance. 1641 534

6. The King's Return. 1641 534

7. The Impeachment of the Bishops. 1641 535

8. The Impeachment of the Five Members. 1642 535

9. The Attempt on the Five Members. 1642 536

10. The Commons in the City. 1642 536

11. The Struggle for the Militia. 1642 536

12. Edgehill and Turnham Green. 1642 537

13. The King's Plan of Campaign. 1643 537

14. Royalist Successes. 1643 538

15. The Siege of Gloucester. 1643 538

16. The First Battle of Newbury. 1643 539

17. The Eastern Association. 1643 539

18. Oliver Cromwell. 1642-1643 539

19. The Assembly of Divines. 1643 540

20. The Solemn League and Covenant. 1643 540

21. The Irish War. 1641-1643 541

22. Winceby and Arundel. 1643-1644 542

23. The Committee of Both Kingdoms. 1644 542

24. The Campaign of Marston Moor. 1644 542

25. Presbyterians and Independents. 1644 543

26. Essex's Surrender at Lostwithiel. 1644 544

27. The Second Battle of Newbury. 1644 544