The Loyal Comptons

May 30, 2016August 19, 2019 Categories: 17th centuryTags: Banbury · Colchester · Commission of Array · Compton · Compton Wynyates · Earl of Northampton · English Historical Fiction Authors · godly cavalier · Hopton Heath · Sealed Knot · Sir John Gell · Spencer Compton · Warwickshire3 Comments

The following article was originally written for the English Historical Fiction Authors blog and published February 2015. If you enjoy English history and haven’t visited the blog, check out the EHFA site here. The English Civil War was a time of divided loyalties, where brother fought against brother and neighbours faced each other on a bloody field. But there was one Royalist family that was united in their staunch loyalty to the King: The Comptons. The Comptons had estates in Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, and Compton Wynyates, in Warwickshire. Spencer Compton was the 2nd Earl of Northampton, born in 1601 and educated at Cambridge. In 1622,…

The Winter King, The Queen of Hearts, and the Thirty Years War

May 23, 2016August 19, 2019 Categories: Author SpotlightsTags: 17th century · 17th century enthusiast · Count Peter Ernst von Mansfeld-Vorderort · Elizabeth Stuart · Friedrich V · Laura Libricz · Protestant Union · Queen of Hearts · Thirty Years' war · Winter King · Winter Queen4 Comments

I have the pleasure of welcoming historical fiction author, Laura Libricz, whose novels take place in 17th century Germany. On June 10th, she is re-releasing The Master and the Maid, the first novel of her Heaven’s Pond trilogy. Today, Laura introduces us to the Thirty Years War, that took place in the beginning of the 17th century in Central Europe. The events of the Thirty Years War had a profound effect on European and English History; many of the later English Civil War leaders received their training during this time. But in the beginning, there was the Winter King and the Queen…

The Fifth Monarchists

May 9, 2016August 19, 2019 Categories: 17th centuryTags: 17th century · 17th century enthusiast · Allhallows Church · Barebones Parliament · Charles Stuart · Commonwealth · English Civil War · English Historical Fiction Authors · Fifth Monarchists · Millennium · Oliver Cromwell · Parliament of Saints · Regicides · Rump Parliament · Thomas HarrisonLeave a comment

Given the talk about government policies and reform that is currently gripping the U.S, I thought it timely to repost an article about England’s Parliamentary struggles following the English Civil War. The following article was originally written for the English Historical Fiction Authors blog and published January 2015. If you enjoy English history and haven’t visited the blog, check out the EHFA site here. It was not all daffodils and roses for the new Commonwealth following the English Civil War. The tide that had carried Parliament to victory, surging them forward with the promise of a new society, became stagnant. Though…