The Writings and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell, Band 1Clarendon Press, 1988 - 786 Seiten This, the first of four monumental volumes on Oliver Cromwell, covers the period from his birth in 1599 to the trial and execution of Charles I in January 1649. The earlier part of the book traces Cromwell's origins and his upbringing as the son of a Huntingdonshire squire, the emergence of his Puritan faith, and the apprenticeship which, as an opponent of the crown's policies, he served in parliament and in local politics. His rise to national prominence was achieved by his great victories in the civil wars, particularly those at marston Moor and Naseby, and by his leadership of the New Model Army. His conflicts with the Levellers and the army radicals in the period surrounding the Putney debates of 1647 are fully examined. Th final chapter covers his attempts to secure a post-war settlement with the king, and his eventual decision to abandon conciliation and to carry out the regicide--the event which made possible his own assumption of power. |
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... Presbyterians to a presbytery , the Independents to a wider liberty than that afforded by either bishops or presbyters . In some measure this division was followed in politics . There Royalists and Presbyterians joined in support of ...
... Presbyterians to a presbytery , the Independents to a wider liberty than that afforded by either bishops or presbyters . In some measure this division was followed in politics . There Royalists and Presbyterians joined in support of ...
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... Presbyterians and the Levellers lost ; and in that Independent victory Cromwell was the chief instrument of success ... Presbyterians , on the other hand , was pos- sible , if not probable , and such an alliance would spell the doom of ...
... Presbyterians and the Levellers lost ; and in that Independent victory Cromwell was the chief instrument of success ... Presbyterians , on the other hand , was pos- sible , if not probable , and such an alliance would spell the doom of ...
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... Presbyterians carried a motion to delay , but meanwhile various circumstances precipitated the ca- tastrophe which the Presbyterians had been seeking desperately to avoid . While the Commons struggled to escape the clutches of the army ...
... Presbyterians carried a motion to delay , but meanwhile various circumstances precipitated the ca- tastrophe which the Presbyterians had been seeking desperately to avoid . While the Commons struggled to escape the clutches of the army ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CHAPTER I | 10 |
CHAPTER II | 41 |
Urheberrecht | |
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