Roundhead
Parliamentarians | |
|---|---|
| Leaders | Oliver Cromwell Richard Cromwell John Bradshaw Thomas Fairfax |
| Founded | 1641 |
| Dissolved | 1678 |
| Merged into | Whigs |
| Ideology | Parliamentary supremacy Popular sovereignty Factions: Constitutional monarchism Republicanism Universal suffrage (Levellers) Proto-socialism (Diggers) |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Religion | Protestantism |
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The Parliamentarians, commonly called Roundheads by their enemies, were the supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War (1642–1651). They fought against King Charles I of England and his supporters, known as the Cavaliers or Royalists, who claimed rule by absolute monarchy and the principle of the divine right of kings. The goal of the Roundheads was to give to Parliament the supreme control over executive administration of England.