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1 day ago · 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. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, initially as a senior commander in the Parliamentarian army and latterly as a ...
- Soldier and statesman
- Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
- pre-1642 (militia service), 1642–1651 (civil war)
- Robert Cromwell (father), Elizabeth Steward (mother)
5 days ago · The cover, with its reproduction of Robert Alexander Hillingford’s 19th-century portrayal of an intense, scowling ‘ironside’, reads Oliver Cromwell and the Conquest of Ireland, something which is then dramatically sexed-up to become God’s Executioner on the title page. The latter hints at a provocative reading of Cromwell, but even the ...
2 days ago · Price: £65.00. Reviewer: Professor J. C. Davis. 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: 7 May, 2024. Out of what materials was ‘Oliver Cromwell’ shaped?
1 day ago · Oliver Cromwell Part 4: The Conquest of Ireland. Cromwell becomes Lord Protector, but the Stuart monarchy couldn’t be restored, could it? Show more. 08 May 2024. Available now. 1 hour, 3 minutes.
2 days ago · Say “Oliver Cromwell” today and certain things come to mind. He won the English Civil War and prompted the execution of Charles I. He purged the realm with such zeal that he even cancelled Christmas. In Ireland, where Cromwell’s troops besieged its towns with a notorious barbarity, his name is still used as a curse.
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14 hours ago · Oliver Cromwell was born in Huntingdon on 25 April 1599 – 425 years ago this year. He lived in the town for over half his life and went to school in the building which is now the Cromwell Museum. The Museum’s new exhibit, opening on 4 May, looks at what Huntingdon was like at that time, and the impact that it had on its most famous resident.
1 day ago · (Oliver would be furious that it all came to naught ha ha) - 7. Half a century after Walter’s windows the castle was put to the test by Oliver Cromwell as he deemed it a symbol of everything he thought wrong with Royalist England and the castle was attacked in 1642 and again in 1645, after a massive artillery bombardment the defences were ...
