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25 de abr. de 2024 · Abril 25 de 2024. Foto: BITE. Richard Baxter, el famoso ministro y teólogo puritano, reflexionó sobre Oliver Cromwell, a quien conoció y acompañó en muchos momentos de su vida: “Nunca un hombre fue más ensalzado, y nunca un hombre fue más denunciado y vilipendiado que él”. Sus declaraciones son bastante confiables, ya que el propio ...
29 de abr. de 2024 · Oliver Cromwell, English soldier and statesman, who led parliamentary forces in the English Civil Wars and was lord protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1653–58) during the republican Commonwealth. Learn more about the life and accomplishments of Cromwell in this article.
- 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...
3 de may. de 2024 · Oliver Cromwell, ferviente moralista puritano, participó activamente en la Guerra Civil Inglesa y en el establecimiento de la Commonwealth, una república establecida en 1649. Regicidio contra Carlos I, habiendo utilizado la vía judicial para que fuera ejecutado, se distinguió como jefe del ejército, a veces cruel, durante las batallas de Drogheda, Dunbar o Worcester.
Hace 2 días · 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)
27 de abr. de 2024 · Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, ISBN: 9780333688960; 288pp.; Price: £60.00. Ian Gentles’ book (a welcome addition to the British History in Perspective Series edited by Jeremy Black) is the first new biography of Oliver Cromwell in many years. The book contains significant new research, and Professor Gentles presents us with a far ...
7 de may. de 2024 · See, for examples, Images of Oliver Cromwell: Essays for and by Roger Howell, Jr, ed. R. C. Richardson (Manchester, 1993); Timothy Lang, The Victorians and the Stuart Heritage: Interpretations of a Discordant Past (Cambridge, 1995); J. C. Davis, Oliver Cromwell (London and New York, NY, 2001); Blair Worden, Roundhead Reputations: The English ...
Hace 2 días · I am very grateful to Jason Peacey for his comprehensive and thought-provoking review of God’s Executioner: Oliver Cromwell and the Conquest of Ireland.His generous appraisal of the book needs no further comment from me but I welcome the opportunity to respond to his criticisms of my treatment of English attitudes and behaviour towards the Catholic Irish during the 1640s and 1650s.
