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3 giorni fa · 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...
5 giorni fa · The key player for Elton was not Henry VIII, but rather his principal Secretary of State Thomas Cromwell. Elton downplays the prophetic spirit of the religious reformers in the theology of keen conviction, dismissing them as the meddlesome intrusions from fanatics and bigots.
2 giorni fa · Faced with the prospect of an Irish alliance with Charles II, Cromwell carried out a series of massacres to subdue the Irish. Then, once Cromwell had returned to England, the English Commissary, General Henry Ireton, Cromwell's son-in-law and key
5 giorni fa · Which being ended, the heralds, by loud sound of trumpet, proclaimed his Highness Oliver Cromwell, Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the dominions and territories thereunto belonging; commanding and requiring all persons to yield him due obedience.
4 giorni fa · Asks Cromwell when it shall be the King's pleasure to deliver him, to show him "that this punishment that he hath for this matter is more for the displeasure that he hath done to God otherwise," and to admonish him to fly vice and serve God better.
Especially in the case of Henry VIII and Cromwell, it's worth noting that Henry elevated Cromwell specifically because he was willing to do Henry's dirty work. Cromwell wasn't some rich and renowned noble pushing a weak willed child king to do his bidding.
5 giorni fa · His first long conversation with Henry VIII reveals an almost flippant Cromwell, and although his stark honesty no doubt brings him into Henry’s trusted graces one wonders if he truly sparred with words in his meetings with the combustible king.
