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Há 6 dias · Worcester. 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 ...
- Soldier and statesman
- Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
- pre-1642 (militia service), 1642–1651 (civil war)
- Robert Cromwell (father), Elizabeth Steward (mother)
Há 4 dias · Both Simón Bolivar in Venezuela and Jose de San Martín in Argentina found a Cromwellian mantle congenial for their campaigning. Racine also traces the fascinating appearance of Cromwell in Spanish-American novels, plays and dialogues of the period.
1 de abr. de 2024 · Oliver Cromwell was born on 25 April 1599, in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire to Elizabeth Steward and Robert Cromwell, a former MP and justice of the peace. Cromwell’s great-great-grandfather, Morgan ap William, a brewer from Glamorgan, created a formidable dynasty of politicians and statesmen after he married Katherine Cromwell, the sister of Thomas Cromwell, the chief minister to Henry VIII.
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.
5 de abr. de 2024 · This piqued the interest of Oliver Cromwell, who asked him for a detailed report on the Caribbean colonies. The Lord Protector then planned a great foreign action that would restore his prestige, after the failure obtained in the first war against Holland (1652-1654), and he thought that it could be an attack on the Spanish Caribbean.
Há 3 dias · Pastor emeritus of St. Vincent de Paul Parish. No figure has been more hated by the Irish people than Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), the fanatical and puritanical Lord Protector of England, who in 1649 led a most vicious genocidal assault on Ireland. His campaign was intended to wipe out the Catholic religion and consolidate English rule in Ireland.
17 de abr. de 2024 · 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 ...
