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3 giorni fa · Henry Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell: Known for: Son of Henry VIII's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex: Born: c. 1520 London: Died: 4 July 1551 (aged 30–31) Launde Abbey, Leicestershire, England: Cause of death: Sweating sickness: Buried: Launde Abbey Chapel
1 giorno fa · “The great want is money, which puts us to the wall in all our business.” So wrote the politician John Thurloe to Henry Cromwell, fourth son of Oliver, in March 1658. By its closing years, the English Commonwealth, only 12 years removed from civil wars that had left around 200,000 dead, was drowning in debt. At one point the army in Ireland found itself nine months in arrears of pay, and ...
3 giorni fa · University of East Anglia. Citation: Professor J. C. Davis, review of Cromwell’s Legacy, (review no. 1308) https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/1308. Date accessed: 1 June, 2024. Out of what materials was ‘Oliver Cromwell’ shaped? (1) To what extent was he self-consciously shaping and reshaping himself?
2 giorni fa · Cromwell's programme, assisted by Anne Boleyn's influence over episcopal appointments, was not merely against the clergy and the power of Rome. He persuaded Henry that safety from political alliances that Rome might attempt to bring together lay in negotiations with the German Lutheran princes of the Schmalkaldic League.
3 giorni fa · Naseby. Langport. Preston. Siege of Drogheda. Sack of Wexford. First Siege of Waterford. Dunbar. Worcester. Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the British Isles.
4 giorni fa · The story of Cromwell, Henry and his wives is about power politics and religious strife, but also about shame and sexual desire and the mysterious destabilising power of femininity. In this era, women become players as never before. The figures in this drama live in our psyche. They’re part of our folklore, our mythology.
5 giorni fa · Two versions of Thomas Cromwell's very urgent letter conveying Henry VIII's impatience over his impending marriage to Anne of Cleves. Posted May 30, 2024. Author. Heather Wolfe. Folger Mysteries. Folger Collections. Manuscripts. Last week’s Folger Mystery shared two letters signed by Thomas Cromwell that contain the same text.
