Woolrych comments that Oliver Cromwell’s military successes were even more remarkable as he had no military experience before 1642. His contribution to the parliamentary cause and their armies particularly the New Model Army was great.

This is an interpretation of Oliver Cromwell’s various actions, his achievements and failures.

The English Civil Wars took place during an era in which the treatment of prisoners of war did not have any set conventions or legal guidelines that were binding upon all the combatants involved in these conflicts. There were different concepts and contending notions as to how prisoners of war should be treated yet none of the competing sides during the English Civil Wars have to strictly adhere to legally binding ways of dealing with their captives. There were as will discussed in the following chapters and conclusion informal rules and procedures about how wars should or should not be conducted.