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The origins of the English Civil War are complex, despite the popular characterisation of them as being a consequence of a long-running series of disputes between king and Parliament. While this is superficially true, the roots of the war lie in fundamental changes in the society of mid-17th century England itself, in economic reasons, in class mistrust and antagonisms, in religious schisms, and in the will to power of certain key individuals.

Religious factors

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The religious divisions of the Reformation, the Marian persecutions, as the balance of power swung between the Protestant and Catholic faiths in England, had left deep religious scars; the Protestants hated and feared the Catholics, who reciprocated in equal measure. Charles I did not endear himself to the preponderance of the English people with his marriage to the Roman Catholic French princess Henrietta Maria. Nor did his appointment of William Laud