CHANGED - The Civil War by Paul Thompson

Schedule

Tue Feb 10 2026 at 07:00 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Friends Meeting House, Hill Street, Coventry, CV1 4AN | Coventry, EN

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The English Civil War is often romanticised yet its scale of suffering and loss was not equalled till the First World War.In fact the war could be said to have begun when the King besieged the City before raising his standard at Nottingham in 1642 - the event which traditionally marks the start of the struggle. The speaker will look at the war and its effects, mainly from a local point of view and in particular that of parliament since the royalist cause had few supporters in Coventry after the siege and the City became a parliamentarian stronghold.
https://www.historiccoventrytrust.org.uk/lady-herberts-trail/siege-of-coventry/
https://www.coventrysociety.org.uk/2025/12/19/coventry-and-the-civil-war/
Paul Thompson is an archaeologist who has worked at a considerable number of sites during his career and was a scheduled speaker at Current Archaeology Live 2023. He has given many lectures to CADAS, always informative and entertaining, often in costume, including the 2019 John Shelton Memorial Lecture.
Doors open at 7pm - Lecture starts at 7.30pm
Door Charge of £1 for members, £5 for non-members
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