Oliver Cromwell (Author of Cromwell's Letters and Speeches)

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Oliver Cromwell

Born

in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England

April 25, 1599

Died

September 03, 1658

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Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.

Born into the middle gentry, Cromwell was relatively obscure for the first 40 years of his life. After undergoing a religious conversion in the 1630s, he became an independent puritan, taking a generally (but not completely) tolerant view towards the many Protestant sects of his period. An intensely religious man鈥攁 self-styled Puritan Moses鈥攈e fervently believed that God was guiding his victories. He was elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdon in 1628 and for Cambridge in the Short (1640) and Long (1640 鈥� 49) Parliaments. He entered the English Civil War on the side of the "Roundheads" or Parliamenta Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.

Born into the middle gentry, Cromwell was relatively obscure for the first 40 years of his life. After undergoing a religious conversion in the 1630s, he became an independent puritan, taking a generally (but not completely) tolerant view towards the many Protestant sects of his period. An intensely religious man鈥攁 self-styled Puritan Moses鈥攈e fervently believed that God was guiding his victories. He was elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdon in 1628 and for Cambridge in the Short (1640) and Long (1640 鈥� 49) Parliaments. He entered the English Civil War on the side of the "Roundheads" or Parliamentarians. Nicknamed "Old Ironsides", he was quickly promoted from leading a single cavalry troop to become one of the principal commanders of the New Model Army, playing an important role in the defeat of the royalist forces.

Cromwell was one of the signatories of King Charles I's death warrant in 1649, and, as a member of the Rump Parliament (1649鈥�53), he dominated the short-lived Commonwealth of England. He was selected to take command of the English campaign in Ireland in 1649鈥�50. Cromwell's forces defeated the Confederate and Royalist coalition in Ireland and occupied the country 鈥� bringing to an end the Irish Confederate Wars. During this period a series of Penal Laws were passed against Roman Catholics (a significant minority in England and Scotland but the vast majority in Ireland), and a substantial amount of their land was confiscated. Cromwell also led a campaign against the Scottish army between 1650 and 1651.

On 20 April 1653 he dismissed the Rump Parliament by force, setting up a short-lived nominated assembly known as the Barebones Parliament, before being invited by his fellow leaders to rule as Lord Protector of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland from 16 December 1653. As a ruler he executed an aggressive and effective foreign policy. After his death from natural causes in 1658 he was buried in Westminster Abbey, but after the Royalists returned to power in 1660 they had his corpse dug up, hung in chains, and beheaded.

Cromwell is one of the most controversial figures in the history of the British Isles, considered a regicidal dictator by historians such as David Hume, a military dictator by Winston Churchill, but a hero of liberty by Thomas Carlyle and Samuel Rawson Gardiner. In a 2002 BBC poll in Britain, Cromwell was selected as one of the ten greatest Britons of all time. However, his measures against Catholics in Scotland and Ireland have been characterised as genocidal or near-genocidal, and in Ireland his record is harshly criticised. ...more

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	Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: Volume Two by Oliver Cromwell, Thomas Carlyle 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1845 — 131 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches, with Elucidations by Thomas Carlyle: Volume 1 by Oliver Cromwell, Thomas Carlyle 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1845 — 170 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches, with Elucidations by Thomas Carlyle: Vol 4 by Oliver Cromwell, Thomas Carlyle 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1845 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell, with Elucidations, Volume 3 by Oliver Cromwell, Sophia Crawford Lomas (Editor), Thomas Carlyle (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1845 — 109 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The letters and speeches of Oliver Cromwell by Oliver Cromwell, C H. 1857-1936 Firth, S C. Lomas 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1904 — 171 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Writings And Speeches Of Oliver Cromwell: Volume IV: The Protectorate 1655-1658 by Oliver Cromwell, Wilbur Cortez Abbott (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1947 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lieut. General Cromwels Letter to the Honorable William Lenthal Esq., Speaker of the Honorable House of Commons, Concerning His Last Proceedings in the Kingdom of Scotland, in Order to the Establishme 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoirs of the Protector, Oliver Cromwell, and of His Sons, Richard and Henry 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Writings and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell, Volume III: The Protectorate 1653-1655 by Oliver Cromwell, Wilbur Cortez Abbott (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1945 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speeches of Oliver Cromwell by Oliver Cromwell, Ivan Roots (Editor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Do not trust to the cheering, for those very persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged.”
― Oliver Cromwell

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“He who stops being better stops being good.”
― Oliver Cromwell

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“Necessity has no law.”
― Oliver Cromwell

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