WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Roundheads were a group of people who supported Parliament & Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War. They were also called ‘Parliamentarians’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Roundhead, adherent of the Parliamentary Party during the English Civil War (1642–51) and after. Many Puritans wore their hair closely cropped in obvious contrast to the long ringlets fashionable at the court of Charles I.

Detailed explanation-3: -To the Royalists, the Parliamentarians were ‘Roundheads’-a reference to the shaved heads of the London apprentices who had been so active in demonstrating their support for Parliament during the months before the fighting began.