An assessment of the man and myth, exploring the legends which surround Cromwell and the differing interpretations.
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"Clearly written, well organized and suffused with human interest, this new study will prove deservedly popular in sixth forms and university courses." History
"This book is as disciplined, vivid and vigorous as the man it celebrates. Gaunt offers a convincing interpretation of Cromwell's life and a shrewd assessment of his achievement." John Morrill, Vice Master and Reader in Early Modern History, Selwyn College, Cambridge
"A carefully written and well argued account." The Times
"A new and controversial account of one of the pivotal figures in British history. This scholarly account is nonetheless interesting and informative." Rachel Dickinson, Waterstone's, Richmond, in The Bookseller
"A concise but thick-textured and comprehensive reconsideration of a character, a career, a life and a reputation, making no claim to be definitive - each generation commands its own reappraisal - but ensured of an enduring place in the historiography." Ivan Roots, Cromwelliana
"Serious and well researched." The Sunday Times
"Oliver Cromwell is a superb and scholarly biography, and essential reading for any definitive study of 17th century British and Irish history. Midwest Book Review
"The strength of Peter Gaunt's book is that it integrates Cromwell's military and political careers and deals seriously and sensitively with his religion. It is also well written. In his handling of Cromwell's battlefield exploits, Gaunt is superior to virtually all other recent biographers ... Gaunt has written the most useful biography since C. H. Firth's Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans appeared in 1900." Albion
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This book re-examines Cromwell's life and career. It opens with an assessment of the man and myth, exploring the legends which surround Cromwell, the differing interpretations advanced by generations of historians and the source material upon which such interpretations can be based. The book then provides an extensive, chronologically based examination of Cromwell's life and career, highlighting key events and turning points. It closes with thematic assessments of some key aspects of Cromwell, including his character and appearance, his political outlook and his religious beliefs.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Reads like an 8th grade term paper,
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This review is from: Oliver Cromwell (Historical Association Studies) (Paperback)
Very heavy chronological review with no assessment, opinion or background. Assumes you know everything about the English Revolution but need a chronological reference book.
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Biased,
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This review is from: Oliver Cromwell (Historical Association Studies) (Paperback)
It appears the book was written by a Cromwell apologist, in the worst sense. I'd recommend finding a more critically written analysis of Cromwell's life.
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This day (Oh, the stupendous and inscrutable judgments of God!) were the carcasses of those arch-rebels, Cromwell, Bradshawe (the judge who condemned his Majesty), and Ireton (son-in-law to the Usurper), dragged out of their superb tombs in Westminster among the Kings, to Tyburn, and hanged on the gallows there from nine in the morning till six at night, and then buried under that fatal and ignominious monument in a deep pit; thousands of people who had seen them in all their pride being spectators. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Protectorate Parliament, Long Parliament, Oliver Cromwell, Lord General, Council of State, Hampton Court, Nominated Assembly, Council of Officers, Humble Petition, Cromwell Museum, Instrument of Government, General Council, Heads of the Proposals, Marston Moor, Saffron Walden, Promised Land, Agreement of the People, Basing House, East Anglia, New Model Army, Privy Council, House of Commons, House of Lords, Sir Thomas Fairfax, South Wales New!
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This day (Oh, the stupendous and inscrutable judgments of God!) were the carcasses of those arch-rebels, Cromwell, Bradshawe (the judge who condemned his Majesty), and Ireton (son-in-law to the Usurper), dragged out of their superb tombs in Westminster among the Kings, to Tyburn, and hanged on the gallows there from nine in the morning till six at night, and then buried under that fatal and ignominious monument in a deep pit; thousands of people who had seen them in all their pride being spectators. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Protectorate Parliament, Long Parliament, Oliver Cromwell, Lord General, Council of State, Hampton Court, Nominated Assembly, Council of Officers, Humble Petition, Cromwell Museum, Instrument of Government, General Council, Heads of the Proposals, Marston Moor, Saffron Walden, Promised Land, Agreement of the People, Basing House, East Anglia, New Model Army, Privy Council, House of Commons, House of Lords, Sir Thomas Fairfax, South Wales New!
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- Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Rawson Gardiner on 4 pages
- Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution by John Morrill in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Images of Oliver Cromwell: Essays for and by Roger Howell, Jr by R. C. Richardson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Life and Death by Hereward Carrington in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Politics and People in Revolutionary England: Essays in Honor of Ivan Roots by Colin Jones in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Cromwell and the Interregnum: The Essential Readings (Blackwell Essential Readings in History) by David Lee Smith on 13 pages
- Oliver Cromwell (Reputations) by J. C. Davis on 11 pages
- Oliver Cromwell (Routledge Historical Biographies) by Martyn Bennett on 5 pages
- Constructing Cromwell: Ceremony, Portrait, and Print, 1645-1661 by Laura Lunger Knoppers on 5 pages
- The English Wars and Republic, 1637-1660 (Questions and Analysis in History) by Graham E. Seel on 4 pages
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