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The term Roundheads was applied to soldiers who supported Parliament during the Civil War. It originated as a term of abuse and refered to those Puritans who had their hair cut very short.

Woodcut produced during the Civil War.
Woodcut produced during the Civil War.
© John Simkin, September 1997 - June 2013

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