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The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War.
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Roundhead
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Cavalier
Royalist supporter in the English Civil War
The term Cavalier was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier royalist supporters of Charles I of England and his son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration. It was later adopted by the Royalists themselves. Although…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Maidstone
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