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2 giorni fa · 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.
- Soldier and statesman
- Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
- pre-1642 (militia service), 1642–1651 (civil war)
- Robert Cromwell (father), Elizabeth Steward (mother)
29 apr 2024 · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: Apr 29, 2024 • Article History. Oliver Cromwell. Born: April 25, 1599, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England. Died: September 3, 1658, London (aged 59) Title / Office: Short Parliament (1640), England. Notable Family Members: son Richard Cromwell. son Henry Cromwell. Role In: Battle of Dunbar.
- The son of Robert Cromwell—a member of one of Queen Elizabeth I’s parliaments, a landlord, and a justice of the peace—Oliver Cromwell also was desc...
- In religious matters, Oliver Cromwell, a Puritan, believed that individual Christians could establish direct contact with God through prayer and th...
- As one of the generals on the parliamentary side in the English Civil Wars (1642–51) against Charles I, Oliver Cromwell helped overthrow the Stuart...
- Oliver Cromwell’s victories at home and abroad helped to enlarge and sustain a Puritan attitude of mind in Great Britain and North America that lon...
6 giorni fa · Richard Cromwell (4 October 1626 – 12 July 1712) was an English statesman, the second and final Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and the son of the first Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell. Following his father's death in 1658, Richard became Lord Protector, but he lacked authority.
27 apr 2024 · I will leave it to others to decide whether Cromwell’s adventures in Ireland are a blot on his record as Gentles suggests, but he does make some interesting points, arguing that Cromwell's overriding concern in Ireland was the neutralisation of Royalist threat, and that the attack on, and massacre of, Catholics was a by-product of that action.
3 giorni fa · Cromwell’s Legacy edited by: Jane A. Mills Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2012, ISBN: 9780719080890; 336pp.;Price: £65.00
3 mag 2024 · Tumbledown Dick. May 3, 2024. In January 2012 the late Queen Elizabeth, by outliving the record-holder, deprived us all of a favourite quiz question ‘Who was the longest-lived British head of state?’. The surprising answer was Richard Cromwell, who held the office for less than a year, following the death of his father, Oliver.
2 giorni fa · The chapters on English political history are kicked off by Richard Cust and Michael Braddick who explore the periods between 1637 and 1642 and 1642 to 1646 respectively. Summarising his own work and that of John Adamson, Cust refreshes the themes that Conrad Russell so profitably explored in the early 1990s, putting a post-revisionist twist to the argument for the functional breakdown of ...
