Oliver Cromwell | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-03

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00:04:13 1 Early years
00:07:21 1.1 Marriage and family
00:09:22 1.2 Crisis and recovery
00:12:32 2 Member of Parliament: 1628–29 and 1640–42
00:15:03 3 Military commander: 1642–46
00:15:16 3.1 English Civil War begins
00:16:38 3.2 Marston Moor 1644
00:18:56 3.3 New Model Army
00:20:03 3.4 Battle of Naseby 1645
00:21:37 3.5 Cromwell's military style
00:22:51 4 Politics: 1647–49
00:25:16 4.1 Second Civil War
00:28:13 4.2 King tried and executed
00:30:33 5 Establishment of the Commonwealth: 1649
00:33:28 6 Irish campaign: 1649–1650
00:39:43 7 Debate over Cromwell's effect on Ireland
00:47:41 8 Scottish campaign: 1650–51
00:47:53 8.1 Scots proclaim Charles II as King
00:49:00 8.2 Battle of Dunbar
00:50:06 8.3 Battle of Worcester
00:51:29 8.4 Conclusion
00:52:55 9 Return to England and dissolution of the Rump Parliament: 1651–53
00:54:53 10 Establishment of Barebone's Parliament: 1653
00:56:43 11 The Protectorate: 1653–58
01:08:21 12 Death and posthumous execution
01:12:11 13 Political reputation
01:17:35 14 Monuments and posthumous honours
01:21:03 15 Title as Lord Protector and arms
01:21:27 15.1 Arms
01:21:35 16 In popular culture
01:21:45 17 See also



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Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English military and political leader. He served as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland "and of the dominions thereto belonging" from 1653 until his death, acting simultaneously as head of state and head of government of the new republic.
Cromwell was born into the middle gentry to a family descended from the sister of King Henry VIII's minister Thomas Cromwell. Little is known of the first 40 years of his life, as only four of his personal letters survive along with a summary of a speech that he delivered in 1628. He became an Independent Puritan after undergoing a religious conversion in the 1630s, taking a generally tolerant view towards the many Protestant sects of his period. He was an intensely religious man, a self-styled Puritan Moses, and he 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 (1640–1649) Parliaments. He entered the English Civil Wars on the side of the "Roundheads" or Parliamentarians, nicknamed "Old Ironsides". He demonstrated his ability as a commander and was quickly promoted from leading a single cavalry troop to being one of the principal commanders of the New Model Army, playing an important role under General Sir Thomas Fairfax in the defeat of the Royalist ("Cavalier") forces.
Cromwell was one of the signatories of King Charles I's death warrant in 1649, and he dominated the short-lived Commonwealth of England as a member of the Rump Parliament (1649–1653). He was selected to take command of the English campaign in Ireland in 1649–1650. Cromwell's forces defeated the Confederate and Royalist coalition in Ireland and occupied the country, 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 Barebone's Parliament before being invited by his fellow leaders to rule as Lord Protector of England (which included Wales at the time), Scotland, and Ireland from 16 December 1653. As a ruler, he executed an aggressive and effective foreign policy. He died from natural causes in 1658 and wa ...