The History of the Rebellion

The History of the Rebellion by Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon and former advisor to Charles I and Charles II, is his account of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Originally published between 1702 and 1704 as The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, it was the first detailed account from a key player in the events it covered.

Clarendon wrote the original History between 1646 and 1648, which only recorded events up to March 1644. After his banishment, he wrote his autobiographical Life between 1668 and 1670. In 1671 he then revised the History by incorporating the Life into it and writing new sections covering events after March 1644. The History is influenced by Clarendon's politics and his personal views of the Royalist strategy. While his descriptions of the participants in political events are often insightful, they can also be heavily biased.