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Há 1 dia · Thomas Cromwell (1540-1611) Thomas Cromwell, named after his illustrious grandfather, was a prominent figure in Elizabethan England. He served as a Member of Parliament and was known for his patronage of the arts, particularly theatre. In 1580, he married Katherine Gardner, and they had one daughter, Elizabeth.
Há 4 dias · 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 ...
Há 4 dias · Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) [c] was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria of France.
Há 5 dias · In 1990 John Morrill edited a collection of essays entitled Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution. (1) It was based on the premise that Cromwell was too complex and difficult a subject to be best summed up by a single biographer, and so should be tackled by a team which represented the best current experts in different aspects of his personality and activities.
Há 4 dias · An Irish martyr died on July 1 at Tyburn Tree in London. He was the last Catholic priest to be hanged, drawn, and quartered there; he was the last victim of the Popish Plot’s anti-Catholic, anti-Jesuit hysteria to be executed, but he was not a Jesuit, nor an English priest. St. Oliver Plunkett was the Archbishop of Armagh, the Primate of Ireland.
Há 3 dias · Cromwell had two sisters: the elder, Katherine (great-great-grandmother of Oliver Cromwell), married Morgan Williams, a Welsh lawyer's son who came to Surrey as a follower of King Henry VII when he established himself in the nearby Richmond Palace; the younger, Elizabeth, married a farmer, William Wellyfed.
Há 2 dias · Procession, with Ceremony of the Investiture and Installation of his Highness Oliver Cromwell, as by the Parliament appointed to be performed in Westminster-hall, on June 26, 1657, written by me Edmund Prestwick, of the City of London, an eye and ear-witness to all that passed on this Glorious Occasion. Now set forth by me John Prestwick, Esq.
