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Oliver Cromwell
English military and political leader (1599–1658)
Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Oliver Cromwell (disambiguation), Cromwell (disambiguation), and Cromwellian (disambiguation).
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 British history. He came to prominence during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, initially as a senior commander in the Parliamentarian army and latterly as a politician. A leading advocate of the execution of Charles I in January 1649, which led to the establishment of the Commonwealth of England, he ruled as Lord Protector from December 1653 until his death in September 1658.
Although elected member of parliament for Huntingdon in 1628, much of Cromwell's life prior to 1640 was marked by failure. He briefly contemplated emigration to New England, but became a religious Independent in the 1630s and thereafter believed his successes were the result of divine providence. In 1640, Crom
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by Michael Byrd
Synopsis by Serrie Meakins
Byrd divides Cromwell’s life into bite-size chunks and thus gives a very readable and detailed biography of the man. The section on his marriage is especially interesting, showing him as rather romantic. He also covers the famous religious conversion and a brief resume of his military career. This is a very solid account of Cromwell’s life and great for background knowledge.
Introduction: Cromwell’s Character and Significance
Samuel Rawson Gardiner, the great English historian of the seventeenth century (who traced his descent from tbe marriage of Bridget Cromwell and Henry Ireton in 1646) described Cromwell as ‘the most typical Englishman of all time …he stands there not to be implicitly followed as a model, but to hold up a mirror to ourselves, wherein we may see alike our weaknesses and our strength ‘. Cromwell is one of those figures who invite, almost demand, a persona l interpretation, never still, full of paradoxes, dividing men for and against – but he stands unshakeable in the seventeenth c
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Cromwell: a select bibliography of books and articles
A select bibliography of books and volumes of collected articles
(where books have appeared in several editions,
the date of the most recent is given)
Biographical
studies of
Cromwell
Biographical studies of Cromwell are legion and range from excellent to dire. Although inevitably dated in places, the studies written by the two greatest late Victorian historians of the period remain masterpieces - S.R. Gardiner, Cromwell's Place in History (1897), Gardiner, Oliver Cromwell (1901) and C.H. Firth, Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans (1900). Firth's book rests in part upon the biography he wrote for the Dictionary of National Biography in 1888, which itself provides a concise and thoughtful introduction to Cromwell. Of the more recent, twentieth-century biographies, J. Buchan, Oliver Cromwell (1934) is an elegant study, C.V. Wedgwood, Oliver Cromwell (1939) reflects the author's outstanding narrative skills, R.S. Paul, The Lord Protector (1955) is particularly strong
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