Joseph Allen McCullough
Joseph A. McCullough was born in the town of Greensboro, NC, site of the Battle of Guildford Courthouse. In 1994, he graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in History, specializing in military history and the English Dark Ages. Since then, Joseph has written both fiction and non-fiction for numerous publications.
In 2003, he put his life in storage and went to the University of Wales at Bangor in order to write and research a few lesser-known English Historical figures. In Wales, he fell in love with a beautiful young woman from Kent named Stephanie, and two years later they were married.
The pair now reside in Oxford, where Joseph works full-time for Osprey Publishing, a specialist publisher of military history.
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The Execution of Earl of Strafford 1641
In 1641 the newly summoned Parliament launched an indirect attack against King Charles I, by executing one of his most loyal lieutenants for treason.
Nov 25, 2009
- Joseph Allen McCullough
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The New Model Army 1645
In 1645, the English Parliament ordered the creation of a New Model Army under the command of Thomas Fairfax. The army got its first major test at the Battle of Naseby.
Nov 16, 2009
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The Battle of Newburn 1640
Against the advice of many, Charles organized another English army in 1640 to go and fight the Scottish Covenanters.
Nov 5, 2009
- Joseph Allen McCullough
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The Short Parliament of 1640
In 1640, Charles I called his first Parliament in eleven years. Instead of getting the funding he wanted for war with Scotland, he got an ear-full of English indignation.
Oct 23, 2009
- Joseph Allen McCullough
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The First Bishops' War 1639
In the wake of the Prayer Book Crisis, the Scottish Convenanter army marched to England. Charles I formed his own rag-tag army to meet them in the first of two Bishop's W
Oct 20, 2009
- Joseph Allen McCullough
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The Scottish Prayer Book Crisis, 1637
In 1637, King Charles I and Archbishop William Laud tried to enforce the use of a new prayer book in Scotland. The result was riot, rebellion, and war.
Oct 15, 2009
- Joseph Allen McCullough
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Devil on the Wind Country Album Review
A review of the latest offering from the Alternative Country band, featuring Devil on the Wind, Mrs Avery, Reservoir, and Overseas
Oct 12, 2009
- Joseph Allen McCullough
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Laudianism
Charles I's appointment of William Laud as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1633 caused a deepening divide within the Protestant Church of England.
Oct 10, 2009
- Joseph Allen McCullough
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Charles I's Ship Money
During the 1630's Charles I experimented with a number of ways to raise money without recourse to parliament. His ship money scheme finally led to a court battle.
Oct 6, 2009
- Joseph Allen McCullough
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Hugh O'Neill meets Robert Devereux
In 1599, Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, left their opposing armies and meet alone in river to discuss the fate of Ireland.
Sep 29, 2009
- Joseph Allen McCullough
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