Scotland in the Wars o the Three Kinricks
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Scotland in the Wars o the Three Kinricks | ||||||||
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Pairt o the Wars o the Three Kinricks | ||||||||
The stairt. Riot spairked bi Jenny Geddes ower the imposeetion o Charles I's Beuk o Common Prayer in Presbyterian Scotland. Ceevil disobedience suin turned intae airmed defiance. | ||||||||
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Belligerents | ||||||||
Scots Royalists Erse Catholic Confederate truips | Scots Covenanters | Inglis Roondheids | ||||||
Commanders an leaders | ||||||||
Marquis o Montrose Alasdair Mac Colla Maghnus Ó Catháin Charles II | ||||||||
Strenth | ||||||||
Fluctuatin, 2 000–4 000 truips at ony ane time | ower 30,000 truips, but mony based in Ingland an Ireland | |||||||
Casualties an losses | ||||||||
Tot o 28,000 battlefield daiths on baith sides, mair sodgers die frae disease, c. 45,000 ceevilian daiths, baith from disease an deliberate targetin |
Atween 1639 an 1653 Scotland wis involved in the Wars o the Three Kinricks, a series o wars stairtin wi the Bishops Wars (atween Scotland an Ingland), the Erse Rebellion o 1641, the Inglis Ceevil War (an closely relatit war in Scotland), the Erse Confederate Wars, an feenally the subjugation o Ireland an Scotland bi the Inglis Roondheid New Model Airmy.