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Henry Ireton was the brain trust, the "alpha and omega" of the New Model Army, as John Lilburne labeled him. He was also the engine driving forward the revolutionary events in England between 1647 and 1649. Even before marrying Oliver Cromwell's daughter Bridget in 1646 he had become Cromwell's closest friend and confidant.
12 de sept. de 2012 · The army's position, written by Ireton, emerged as the Solemn Engagement of 5 June 1647. Like most of the significant documents which emerged from the army in the period before Charles' execution, the Solemn Engagement was principally the work of Ireton, in consultation with others. The imagery employed by Walker in his portrait hints at Ireton ...
Henry Ireton and the English Revolution. David Farr. Boydell, 2006 - History - 277 pages. A devout puritan, Henry Ireton was an immediate parliamentarian activist rising to the rank of Commissary-General of the New Model Army. Ireton shared Oliver Cromwell's religious enthusiasm and acted as one of his political mentors.
Ireton, more than any other individual, even Cromwell, brought about the execution of Charles I. Indeed it was Ireton's influence, symbolised by his marriage to Bridget Cromwell, that did much to persuade Cromwell to become a regicide. Ireton's importance was through the theoretical and practical framework he provided for the revolution of 1647-9.
Ireton, the son of one of Cromwell’s generals, was also a grandchild of the Lord Protector himself. Though his father, a regicide, had died in 1651, the family estates were nevertheless confiscated after the Restoration and vested in the Duke of York. Nothing is known of Ireton’s career until 19 Jan. 1684 when he was accused of complicity ...
12 de sept. de 2012 · Putney needs to be set in the context of previous army proceedings and the continuing desire of the soldiers to maintain unity. Woolrych warned us to ‘be very cautious about treating the Putney debates, wonderful as they are, as the typical voice of the army’. Evans argues that ‘the Debates were essentially concerned with the search for ...
Learn about Henry Ireton , a prominent general and politician of the Parliamentarian faction during the English Civil War and the son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell.
