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Hace 3 días · Oliver Cromwell. 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 ...
- Soldier and statesman
- Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
- pre-1642 (militia service), 1642–1651 (civil war)
- Robert Cromwell (father), Elizabeth Steward (mother)
Hace 2 días · The museum tells Cromwell's story from his Huntingdon childhood until his death in 1658. It is located in his former school, a medieval building once part of a pre-Reformation hospital run by the ...
Hace 5 días · Cromwell empezó a asumir la labor de lograr que se superara el sentimiento generalizado dentro del ejército de que no se podía confiar ni en el rey ni en el Parlamento. Bajo la presión de las bases militares, el general Fairfax condujo a sus tropas hacia las casas del Parlamento en Londres.
Hace 5 días · For Capp, Cromwell’s religious legacy was in providing the opportunity for nonconformity to embed itself in British life (pp. 94, 110) – whether that was his intention or not.
7 de abr. de 2024 · Thomas Cromwell (born c. 1485, Putney, near London—died July 28, 1540, probably London) was the principal adviser (1532–40) to England’s Henry VIII, chiefly responsible for establishing the Reformation in England, for the dissolution of the monasteries, and for strengthening the royal administration. At the instigation of his ...
Hace 3 días · Oliver Cromwell: God's Warrior and the English Revolution. 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.
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 the second half taking his place in national affairs.
