Oliver Cromwell was the only Republican ruler in English history. He rose from being an obscure country farmer, through a brilliant career as a soldier to become Head of State as Lord Protector. But although we have extensive records of his letters and speeches, much about his career and his inner motives remains mysterious. Through a wide variety of primary sources, this book will consider what drove Cromwell as a soldier, politician, statesman and religious visionary; how he saw his own mission, and how others viewed him. Ultimately we confront a haunting question: was Cromwell a man driven by visions of a free and just society, or by ambition and self-interest; a principled defender of civil and religious liberties or a bigot and tyrant?
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"Through a wide variety of primary sources, this book will consider what drove Cromwell as a soldier, politician, statesman, and religious visionary; how he saw his own mission, and how others viewed him.""Was Cromwell a man driven by visions of a free and just society, or by ambition and self-interest; a principled defender of civil and religious liberties, or a bigot and tyrant?" This is a book of primary source materials with commentary organized under these categories: Civil Wars, Religious Attitudes, Political Attitudes, Social Attitudes, Cromwell and the World, Historians on Cromwell. Trade paperback, 120 pp, illustrated, Bibliography.
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In 1640 Oliver Cromwell, a little-known fenland farmer, was elected to represent the city of Cambridge in the Short and Long Parliaments. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Protectorate Parliament, Oliver Cromwell, Barebone's Parliament, House of Commons, Long Parliament, Commonwealth of England, Earl of Manchester, Camden Society, Rump Parliament, John Lilburne, John Morrill, Lieutenant-General Cromwell, Calendar of State Papers Venetian, Duke of Savoy, Slingsby Bethel, The World's Mistake, Blair Worden, Council of State, Lorenzo Paulucci, Presbyterian Church, Colonel Robert Hammond, Colonel Valentine Walton, Giovanni Sagredo, Heads of the Proposals, Isle of Wight New!
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In 1640 Oliver Cromwell, a little-known fenland farmer, was elected to represent the city of Cambridge in the Short and Long Parliaments. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wider reading, three extracts, lord protector Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Protectorate Parliament, Oliver Cromwell, Barebone's Parliament, House of Commons, Long Parliament, Commonwealth of England, Earl of Manchester, Camden Society, Rump Parliament, John Lilburne, John Morrill, Lieutenant-General Cromwell, Calendar of State Papers Venetian, Duke of Savoy, Slingsby Bethel, The World's Mistake, Blair Worden, Council of State, Lorenzo Paulucci, Presbyterian Church, Colonel Robert Hammond, Colonel Valentine Walton, Giovanni Sagredo, Heads of the Proposals, Isle of Wight New!
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- Stuart England: Second Edition (Hist of England, Penguin) by J. P. Kenyon on 4 pages
- Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution by John Morrill on 4 pages
- Religion, the Reformation and Social Change and Other Essays by Hugh Trevor-Roper in Front Matter, page 109, and Back Matter
- Commonwealth to Protectorate (Phoenix Press) by Austin Woolrych in Front Matter, page 109, and Back Matter
- Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Rawson Gardiner on page 106, and Back Matter
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