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Há 2 dias · 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 and latterly as a ...
- Soldier and statesman
- Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
- pre-1642 (militia service), 1642–1651 (civil war)
- Robert Cromwell (father), Elizabeth Steward (mother)
29 de abr. de 2024 · 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 descended indirectly on his father’s side from Henry VIII’s chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, who had helped Oliver’s great-grandfather and grandfather acquire confiscated monastic ...
- 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...
15 de mai. de 2024 · The Death, Funeral Order, and Procession, of His Highness the most Serene and most Illustrious Oliver Cromwell, late Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging.
Há 4 dias · Cromwell’s death marked the end of the Commonwealth. Upon Cromwell’s death in 1658, his son Richard succeeded him as Lord Protector. However, Richard’s leadership was short-lived, and the Commonwealth quickly dissolved, leading to the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II. Oliver Cromwell’s body was posthumously executed.
7 de mai. de 2024 · In the summer of 1656 both Richard and Henry, Oliver’s sons, became fathers of sons, both named Oliver. Little suggests that the combination of these developments enabled Cromwell senior to begin thinking in dynastic terms.
8 de mai. de 2024 · T he portrait of England’s then-oldest-living knight, and the present image of his son, exemplify the loyal and honourable defiance that led the Cromwells to stand firm for King Charles even at this date when the tide of war was irrevocably turning. Sir Oliver was the eldest brother of Robert Cromwell (c.1560 – 1617), father of ...
14 de mai. 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 ...
