20 de nov. de 2023 · During the early 19th century, Cromwell began to be portrayed in a positive light by Romantic artists and poets. Thomas Carlyle continued this reassessment in the 1840s, publishing Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: With Elucidations, an annotated collection of his letters and speeches in which he described English Puritanism as "the last of all our Heroisms" while taking a negative view ...
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8 de nov. de 2023 · With Oliver Cromwell’s assistance, Fairfax counterattacked and secured the north through victories at Winceby, Lincolnshire (October 1643), and Marston Moor, Yorkshire (July 1644). He was seriously wounded in the siege of Helmsley Castle, Yorkshire (September 1644).
21 de nov. de 2023 · Oliver Cromwell, Early Life. Oliver Cromwell was born in 1599 to Robert Cromwell and Elizabeth Steward, members of the gentry, or upper class.Cromwell's grandfather, Henry Williams, was one of the ...
20 de nov. de 2023 · Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English military and political leader. He served as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland "and of the dominions thereto belonging" from 1653 until his death, acting simultaneously as head of state and head of government of the new republic.
Há 1 dia · Thomas Carlyle (4 December 1795 – 5 February 1881) was a British essayist, historian, and philosopher from the Scottish Lowlands. A leading writer of the Victorian era, he exerted a profound influence on 19th-century art, literature, and philosophy. Born in Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Carlyle attended the University of Edinburgh ...
5 de nov. de 2023 · Pax Britannica is a narrative history podcast covering the empire upon which the sun never set. Beginning with the accession of James VI of Scotland to the throne of England, Pax Britannica will follow the people and events that created an empire that dominated the globe. Hosted by a PhD candidate in British Imperial history, and based on extensive scholarship and primary sources, along with ...