Not primarily a popular uprising, but definitively a revolution and not a mere palace coup. The wars went on for many years, large numbers fought on both sides

Not primarily a popular uprising, but definitively a revolution and not a mere palace coup. The wars went on for many years, large numbers fought on both sides and there were significant social and political changes as a result. And yes, Cromwell as Lord Protector was not popular at the end. But then, neither was Charles I. We definitely avoided a ground -up rebuilding after the enlightenment, but I'm not entirely sure one is necessary, if you are willing to move incrementally rather than to try to enforce an ancien regime. In almost all senses Britain is an ordinary modern democracy, even if a new liberal order has been built on the back of the old.