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The Making of Oliver Cromwell
The first volume in a pioneering account of Oliver
Cromwell-providing a major new interpretation of one of the
greatest figures in history Oliver Cromwell
(1599-1658)-the only English commoner to become the overall head of
state-is one of the great figures of history, but his character was
very complex. He was at once courageous and devout, devious and
self-serving; as a parliamentarian, he was devoted to his cause; as
a soldier, he was ruthless. Cromwell's speeches and writings
surpass in quantity those of any other ruler of England before
Victoria and, for those seeking to understand him, he has usually
been taken at his word. In this remarkable new work, Ronald Hutton
untangles the facts from the fiction. Cromwell, pursuing his
devotion to God and cementing his Puritan support base, quickly
transformed from obscure provincial to military victor. At the end
of the first English Civil War, he was poised to take power. Hutton
reveals a man who was both genuine in his faith and deliberate in
his dishonesty-and uncovers the inner workings of the man who has
puzzled biographers for centuries.
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Cromwell's legacy
\"Cromwell's Legacy is an exciting collection of essays by scholars who are well-known in their fields of research, most of whom have a proven track record of making their scholarship accessible to a wide student and general readership. This study examines different ways in which Cromwell's life and work impacted on Britain and the rest of the world after his death. Each contributor examines Cromwell's legacy, including not only the important central question of Cromwell's impact on the religious, military and political life of Britain after his death but also Britain's relations with Europe and future developments in both North and South America. The structure of this book has been designed to give as wide a coverage of time and place as possible. This book not only sheds light on an aspect of Cromwellian studies that has been comparatively neglected, it will also stimulate further work on this topic.\"--Publisher's website.
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Literature and Politics in Cromwellian England
Here is a new approach to the historical study of literature. A leading historian of the English civil wars looks at the writings of the two great poets of the time. John Milton and Andrew Marvell, and relates them as never before to the dramatic developments which brought about the execution of King Charles and the rise of Oliver Cromwell.
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Parliaments and politics during the Cromwellian protectorate
This is a detailed book-length study of the period of the Cromwellian Protectorate from December 1653 to its demise in May 1659.
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OLIVER CROMWELL AND THE ‘CROMWELLIAN’ SETTLEMENT OF IRELAND
Oliver Cromwell remains a deeply controversial figure in Ireland. In the past decade, his role in the conquest has received sustained attention. However, in recent scholarship on the settlement of Ireland in the 1650s, he has enjoyed a peculiarly low profile. This trend has served to compound the interpretative problems relating to Cromwell and Ireland which stem in part from the traditional denominational divide in Irish historiography. This article offers a reappraisal of Cromwell's role in designing and implementing the far-reaching ‘Cromwellian’ land settlement. It examines the evidence relating to his dealings with Irish people, both Protestant and Catholic, and his attitude towards the enormous difficulties which they faced post-conquest. While the massacre at Drogheda in 1649 remains a blot on his reputation, in the 1650s Cromwell in fact emerged as an important and effective ally for Irish landowners seeking to defeat the punitive confiscation and transplantation policies approved by the Westminster parliament and favoured by the Dublin government.
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Oliver Cromwell : God's warrior and the English Revolution
\"The first new biography of Cromwell in several years, this rounded account interweaves his political and military careers, and explores his passionate religiosity. Synthesizing much recent research on Cromwell's early life, Gentles presents to students a fresh view of him as a lay preacher, a soldier, and as lord protector\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Un pueblo ignorante de su deber? El ‘estado confesional’ de Inglaterra y las limitaciones estratégicas en la época de Charles I y Oliver Cromwell
En el Seiscientos, el gobierno de Londres no disponía de los recursos de Madrid, Paris o Ámsterdam, cuyas capacidades militares estaban muy por encima de las de los reyes Stuart y Oliver Cromwell. Por esta razón, siempre existió una contradicción entre la proyección de un estado confesional y las realidades de un gobierno con capacidades muy restringidas para afrontar la guerra. Esta perspectiva se ha manifestado en el revisionismo, que ha puesto en cuestión muchas de las viejas certidumbres sobre el papel del Parlamento y los <>. Eminentes historiadores han alegado que la causa--la única causa--de la Guerra Civil (1642-1646) fue Charles I (1625-1649), su programa confesional y sus múltiples maniobras y artimañas. El verdadero cambio no llegó hasta después de 1688, cuando se produjo una mutación profunda en la trayectoria del estado. Esta visión de la historia de Inglaterra cuadra bien con los intentos de cuestionar, y aun abandonar, modelos como los de <>, <> y <>.
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Perceptions of a monarchy without a king : reactions to Oliver Cromwell's power
\"Oliver Cromwell had not a drop of royal blood in him. Yet in 1657, prompted by the political chaos that followed the execution of Charles I and inspired by a belief that a return to monarchy was the only way to stabilize the nation, parliament offered Cromwell the crown of Britain. In Perceptions of a Monarchy without a King, Benjamin Woodford explores how factions both inside and outside of government reacted to this unprecedented event. Moving away from a biographical focus on Cromwell, Woodford looks to the print culture of the period to examine kingship and the Cromwellian regime as a complex phenomenon that elicited diverse reactions - from broadly in favour to dead-set against. Woodford analyzes Cromwell's speeches along with propaganda, newspapers, poetry, republican writings, and the works of religious sects. The fact that many of these writings were produced by men and women who were not members of the government demonstrates that both politicians and the general public were interested in the topics of Cromwell and kingship. Cromwell's military and political power rendered him a candidate for kingship, but even with his record of achievement, the offer of the crown to a non-nobleman was controversial. Perceptions of a Monarchy without a King reveals the entire nation's responses to the kingship debates while simultaneously illustrating the persistence of the monarchy in the 1650s.\"--Publisher's website.
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Staging the revolution
Staging the revolution offers a reappraisal of the weight and volume of theatrical output during the commonwealth and early Restoration, both in terms of live performances and performances on the paper stage. It argues that the often-cited notion that 1642 marked an end to theatrical production in England until the playhouses were reopened in 1660 is a product of post-Restoration re-writing of the English civil wars and the representations of royalists and parliamentarians that emerged in the 1640s and 1650s. These retellings of recent events in dramatic form mean that drama is central to civil-war discourse. Staging the revolution examines the ways in which drama was used to rewrite the civil war and commonwealth period and demonstrates that, far from marking a clear cultural demarcation from the theatrical output of the early seventeenth century, the Restoration is constantly reflecting back on the previous thirty years.
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