What caused the civil war? What part did Cromwell play in causing the war?
There is no broadly accepted consensus about what caused the civil war and historians continue to explore a wide variety of causes, short-, medium- and long-term. But no plausible explanation of the war accords Cromwell a significant role in causing the conflict, for down to 1642 Cromwell was a fairly minor figure who had played little part in national politics or affairs of state.
