Editing English Civil War (section)

==Terminology==
The term ''English Civil War'' appears most often in the singular, but historians often divide the conflict into two or three separate wars. These were not restricted to [[England]] alone, as [[Wales]] (having been [[Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542|annexed]] into the [[Kingdom of England]]) was affected by the same political instabilities. The conflicts also involved wars with [[Scotland]] and [[Ireland]] and civil wars within them. Some historians have favoured the term ''The British Civil Wars''. From the Restoration to the 19th century, the common phrase for the civil wars was "the rebellion" or "the great rebellion".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Worden |first=Blair |author-link=Blair Worden |title=The English Civil Wars, 1640–1660 |date=2009 |publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson |isbn=978-0-7538-2691-1 |location=London |pages=2}}</ref>

The wars spanning all four countries are known as the [[Wars of the Three Kingdoms]]. In the early 19th century, [[Walter Scott]] referred to it as "The Great Civil War".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Scott |first=Walter |author-link=Walter Scott |title=Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since |date=1814 |at=Chap. 2}}</ref> The [[Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|1911 ''Encyclopædia Britannica'']] called the series of conflicts the "Great Rebellion".{{Sfn|Chisholm|1911}} Some historians, notably [[Marxists]] such as [[Christopher Hill (historian)|Christopher Hill]], favoured the term "[[English Revolution]]".<ref>For example: {{Harvnb|Hill|1972}}.</ref>