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Why was William Harvey present at the Battle of Edgehill?

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William Harvey was present at the Battle of Edgehill in 1642 because he was a committed royalist who served as the personal physician to King Charles I.1

Having been appointed physician to the monarch in 1625, Harvey remained loyal to the king throughout the English Civil Wars, accompanying him during his military campaigns between 1642 and 1646. His presence at the battlefield was a reflection of his professional duty to the king and his deep political alignment with the royalist cause, which he famously articulated by comparing the king to the heart of the state in the dedication of his seminal work, De Motu Cordis.12