Basically we’d have lost many of the art treasures we cherish. One way of evaluating him would be to imagine his army let loose in Italy. Cromwell always believed he had a personal hotline to God. This is a man who once said that hanging Irish soldiers was “a righteous judgement of God upon these barbarous wretches”. And whenever I walk past the Houses of Parliament I’m irritated by the statue of Oliver Cromwell, standing there as though he was some kind of steadfast patron of civilised life and freedom of choice. One way Whenever I read about the English civil war I always have an irrational hope that this time Charles will win. Whenever I read about the English civil war I always have an irrational hope that this time Charles will win. His book also reveals how the new ideas and dispensations that followed from the wars - Cromwell's Protectorate, the Restoration of Charles II and the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1689 - made it possible for England, Ireland and Scotland to progress towards their own more distant future as democratic societies.more From his shrewd analyses of the multifarious characters who played their parts in the wars to his brilliantly concise descriptions of battles, Trevor Royle has produced a vivid and dramatic narrative of those turbulent years. The tumultuous Civil War was a pivotal one in British history. The fighting was also to rage through Scotland and Ireland, notably at the siege of Drogheda and the decisive battle of Dunbar. Ahead lay even more desperate battles like Marston Moor and Naseby. There, Royalists faithful to King Charles I engaged in a battle with the supporters of the Parliament. The fighting was also to rage through Scotland and Ireland, notably at the siege of One late summer's day in 1642 two rival armies faced each other across the rolling Warwickshire countryside at Edgehill.
One late summer's day in 1642 two rival armies faced each other across the rolling Warwickshire countryside at Edgehill.
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