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Hace 3 días · Richard Cromwell would prove ineffective, lacking the authority and ruthlessness of his father, but even though he was being called “Queen Dick” behind his back, he went through the motions of...
Hace 22 horas · Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), creador de un ejército autónomo del parlamento: New Model Army, importantes victorias militares como Naseby (1645) y Preston (48). Carlos I es entregado a él, declarado traición y ejecutado en 1649, se suprime la cámara de los lores, se abole la monarquía y se proclamada república bajo gobierno del parlamento.
Hace 1 día · In 1652, Priss was charged with running a house of ill repute, after being discovered “sitting between two Dutchmen with her breasts naked to the waist and without stockings, drinking and singing in a very uncivil manner.”. She was convicted and sent to Newgate Prison. In 1656, Priss married Edmund Fotheringham, whose mother ran a seedy ...
Hace 10 horas · Sean Bean is a menacing and amoral Cromwell. Peter Firth, meanwhile, brings the same Machiavellian quality to the Duke of Norfolk that he perfected as MI5 chief Harry Pearce in the BBC spy drama ...
Hace 3 días · Jason Peacey rounds off the book with a successful defence against Cromwell’s successor as Protector, his son Richard, against traditional charges of laziness and political inexperience. He shows well how the younger Cromwell spent the first half of the Protectorate learning the ropes of local government and service as an MP, and ...
Hace 5 días · The market rights were let for twenty-one years to Richard Cromwell, who acted also as steward of the manor, and was probably the person by whose 'importunate labours' Dr. Wendy, physician to the Earl of Northumberland, was prevented from obtaining a lease of the demesnes and market rights.
Hace 22 horas · America’s Misguided Obsession with Centrifugal Guns. May 15th, 2024. 6 minute read. By Tom Laemlein. Since the American Civil War, a handful of weapons developers have sought to turn the unique powers of the centrifuge into a rapid-fire weapon. These are not firearms, of course, as no gunpowder is used. The driving force of exploding powder ...
