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Há 2 dias · Med znanimi nosilci imena Oliver je Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658), angleški državnik in vojskovodja. V frankovskem epu o Rolandu je Oliver pobratim Rolanda. Oba sta v angleškem frazemu to give a Roland for an Oliver 'vrniti milo za drago, zavrniti koga'. S Cromwellom je morda povezano angleško slengovsko Oliver 'luna, mesec'.
10 de abr. de 2024 · 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.
Há 4 dias · Oliver Plunkett was born on All Saints Day in 1625 to a well-to-do Catholic family in County Meath, Ireland. He studied for the priesthood in Rome but did not return to Ireland when he was ordained in 1654 because the Church was being persecuted after Oliver Cromwell’s defeat of the Irish uprising after the English Civil War.
Há 2 dias · Matthew Routledge gave a talk to the Rotary Club of Ely about the true nature of Oliver Cromwell at Ely Bowls Club on Thursday April 11. Matthew works at Oliver Cromwell’s House in Ely, so he has become very well informed. At the start, Matthew said the Oliver Cromwell we knew was not actually called ‘Oliver Cromwell’; his name was Oliver ...
23 de mar. de 2024 · I caught up last evening with John Adamson's essay on England without Cromwell and followed that by watching John Morrill's discussion with Joel Halcomb on the editing and production of the three volumes on Cromwell's Letters and Speeches published by the Oxford University Press in 2023. A more than stimulating way to develop one's knowledge.
Há 1 dia · Say “Oliver Cromwell” today and certain things come to mind. He won the English Civil War and prompted the execution of Charles I. He purged the realm with such zeal that he even cancelled Christmas. In Ireland, where Cromwell’s troops besieged its towns with a notorious barbarity, his name is still used as a curse. “The greatest prince that ever ruled England”, as one historian ...