Editing History of Guernsey (section)

===Civil War===
{{main|Channel Islands in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms}}
[[File:Castle Cornet Floodlit.jpg|thumb|right|[[Castle Cornet]] seen at night over the harbour of [[St Peter Port]].]]
During the [[English Civil War]], Guernsey sided with the [[Roundhead|Parliamentarians]], while Jersey remained [[Cavalier|Royalist]].<ref>{{citation|last=Wood |first=Norman |date=26 February 2009 |url=http://www.jerseymilitia.co.uk/jerseyhistory.html |title=Royal Jersey Militia Regimental History}}</ref> Guernsey's decision was mainly related to the higher proportion of Calvinists and other Reformed churches, as well as [[Charles I of England|Charles I]]'s refusal to invest in the defences of the island.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lemprière |first=Raoul |title=History of the Channel Islands |publisher=Hale |year=1974 |isbn=0709142528 |pages=68}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Uttley |first=John |title=The Channel Islands: A New Study |publisher=David & Charles |year=1977 |isbn=0715373331 |pages=73}}</ref> The allegiance was not total, however; there were a few Royalist uprisings in the southwest of the island, while [[Castle Cornet]] was occupied by the Governor, [[Peter Osborne (1584-1653)|Sir Peter Osborne]], and Royalist troops. Castle Cornet, which had been built to protect Guernsey, was turned on by the town of St. Peter Port, who constantly bombarded it. It was the penultimate Royalist stronghold to capitulate (in 1651)<ref>{{citation |last=Lemprière |first=Raoul |year=1970 |title=Portrait of the Channel Islands |publisher=Hale |location=London |page=[https://archive.org/details/portraitofchanne00lemp/page/] {{page needed|date=December 2015}} |isbn=0-7091-1541-5 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/portraitofchanne00lemp/page/ }}</ref> <!--and was also the focus of a failed invasion attempt by [[Louis XIV]] of France in 1704.-->