Roundheads

The supporters of Parliament were called Roundheads, because many of the Puritans trimmed their hair by using a bowl as a guide, so that a curved edge would lie against the neck.

The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

The supporters of Parliament were called Roundheads, because many of the Puritans trimmed their hair by using a bowl as a guide, so that a curved edge would lie against the neck.

The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

The supporters of Parliament were called Roundheads, because many of the Puritans trimmed their hair by using a bowl as a guide, so that a curved edge would lie against the neck.

The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

The supporters of Parliament were called Roundheads, because many of the Puritans trimmed their hair by using a bowl as a guide, so that a curved edge would lie against the neck.

The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

A sudden charge of the Royal horse would, Rupert argued, sweep the Roundheads from the field, and the foot would have nothing to do but to follow up the victory.

A Book of Golden Deeds 1864

But the life in the Southern states took on the more liberal tinge which had characterized that of the Royalists, even to the extent of affecting the Scotch Calvinists, while the asceticism of the Roundheads was the keynote of the Puritan character in New England.

The Crisis — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

Scotch Calvinists, while the asceticism of the Roundheads was the keynote of the Puritan character in New England.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

Scotch Calvinists, while the asceticism of the Roundheads was the keynote of the Puritan character in New England.

The Crisis — Volume 08 Winston Churchill 1909

'The Roundheads were your ancestors, and they knocked down my ancestors' castle, and broke the stained glass and statuary of the cathedral, 'said De Stancy slily;' and now you go not only to a cathedral, but to a service of the unreformed Church in it. '

A Laodicean : a Story of To-day Thomas Hardy 1884

Cavaliers had long and perfumed love-locks; and though the Puritans had been called Roundheads, their hair waved, also, over the band or collar, and often hung over the shoulder.

Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881