Why

[Beirut]

I'm looking at the English Civil War and Scottish Covenanters etc and arguing that it was a British Civil War. Might well be your history if your Canadian (you're an English speaker in Quebec I believe)?

The war of the Roses?

Yep, I'm an English pig-dog in Kweebek.

[Rhyfelwyr]

The war of the Roses?

Yep, I'm an English pig-dog in Kweebek.

Nah, Cromwell etc. Much more exciting than the War of the Roses, less old feudal dynastic struggles and more ideological crazyness.

[Beirut]

Nah, Cromwell etc. Much more exciting than the War of the Roses, less old feudal dynastic struggles and more ideological crazyness.

Neat. Just watched the movie (again) a few days ago and have been listening to lectures about medieval (and later) England as well.

15,000 words. I'm impressed. Any parts you would care to copy here I would enjoy reading. If not, s'cool.

[Rhyfelwyr]

Neat. Just watched the movie (again) a few days ago and have been listening to lectures about medieval (and later) England as well.

15,000 words. I'm impressed. Any parts you would care to copy here I would enjoy reading. If not, s'cool.

15,000 words was ridiculously tight, I had it at over 20,000 and had to cut it back, could easily have wrote 50,000+ with the research. You can have the whole thing if you want, unless there are rules about not showing them to people. I can't think why there would be though if they don't give feedback though.

I've only seen a bit of the film myself. I like the bit where Cromwell saw the cross in the church and went into a hulk-like rage and trashed the place. A bit of artistic license there maybe.

@MRD: No. Just. No. You're going to make my 4-5,000 a day calorie diet return with a vengeance upon my keyboard talking like that...

[Beirut]

15,000 words was ridiculously tight, I had it at over 20,000 and had to cut it back, could easily have wrote 50,000+ with the research. You can have the whole thing if you want, unless there are rules about not showing them to people. I can't think why there would be though if they don't give feedback though.

I've only seen a bit of the film myself. I like the bit where Cromwell saw the cross in the church and went into a hulk-like rage and trashed the place. A bit of artistic license there maybe.

The film, like Lawrence of Arabia, mixes the facts around so as to better suit the picture. So things he might have done five-years apart in real life get done at the same time in the film. But Richard Harris is great as Cromwell.

I can't honestly say I would read the whole thing, but I would certainly like to read some of it. Your opening and closing in particular. How long to write out those 20,000 words, and what level of schooling is this for?

Do you have your own books or use a public library? (Both I would imagine.) And the Interweebs as well, I guess.

[Rhyfelwyr]

It's the big project for my 4 year degree (BA). It's all using the Uni library, about half of it is primary source stuff. Bear in mind though, it presumes a bit of knowledge on the existing historiography, don't know how familiar you are with it.

[The Stranger]

so much more respect for writing in about any other country than holland.

[Beirut]

It's the big project for my 4 year degree (BA). It's all using the Uni library, about half of it is primary source stuff. Bear in mind though, it presumes a bit of knowledge on the existing historiography,

Very cool.

don't know how familiar you are with it.

On any site but this one, I would say I know more than most. Here, I am average at best. A lot of Orgsters have their history down cold.