Talk:The Protectorate

message: I've re-written the entry to make it more consistent with associated Wiki articles. I'm happy to have it reviewed. [BTW: anyone know who "Abbott" is?] StockholmSyndrome 19:48, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]

message: I reverted the change to the title of the infobox to restore "Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland". Simply heading it "The Protectorate" gives the impression that there was an entity that styled itself so---there wasn't; it's just a convenient term that is applied to distinguish 1653--59 from the rest of the Commonwealth period. As an analogue, compare East Germany, whose infobox is headed by the state's official title, Deutsche Demokratische Republik. StockholmSyndrome 09:44, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Infobox

message: I've asked on the Commonwealth of England page if there is any real good reason why there should be two articles on the Commonwealth/Protectorate. --sony-youthpléigh 14:47, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Replied at the same place. --sony-youthpléigh 21:31, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge? 

message: As far as I'm aware, Scottish currency was in use throughout this period, not just pound sterling, and they had different exchange rates. --195.147.223.253 15:18, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Currency

message: I've divided the article into basic sections. If anyone can do better, please do! I wasn't completely sure about some of them, but I feel it's better than having none. Simulato 23:21, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sections

message: Wow!  This article is sure "Barebones", especially when it comes to popular history!
We Wikipedians are ostensibly big on knowing and understanding how the common people live, at every time and in every place.  This article gives few clues to the time.
And it was a very important time, politically and socially, for the world and for English-speaking cultures.  But it is easy to overlook quiet social changes in the spotlight of easy=to-follow political developments.
One development that particularly intrigues me is the Puritan ban on Christmas.  There was a certain amount of backlash against such policies in the Restoration, and an ongoing social standoff for many years, until Dickens cured the ills of his countrymen on that score with A Christmas Carol, which defamed the character of those opposed to Christmas-keeping, and exalted the keepers of that ancient pagan rite by painting them with a pseudo-Christian glow of holiness.  That is to say, he made some very effective propaganda that we are living with the consequences of to this day.
I'm not knocking Christmas so much as pointing out that there was a social conflict that came to the fore in this era.   I'm not knocking Dickens either, just saying he was quite disingenuous in his portrayal of human character on both sides.  That is to say, he was strongly POV.
That's just one example of the reasons we need some more popular history in this article.
Alfarero 21:19, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Popular history 

message: Surely these are the arms of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector, not of the Commonwealth, hence the small shield of Cromwell's in the centre.  An image without Cromwell's arms are a better representation of the entire Commonwealth-- Barliner  talk  12:56, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Coat of Arms has always represented the Monarchy, not the Kingdom so I think it representing the Lord Protector makes sense. Regards, Rob (talk) 15:01, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coat of Arms 

message: Achan is neither here nor there, who Cromwell was refering to was Hiel the Bethelite (1st Kings 16:34). 
In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
If nobody objects I will change it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.117.101.209 (talk) 19:13, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Achan??? 

message: The map and infobox show the Protectorate as comprising the UK and Ireland - why are the Thirteen Colonies and Jamaica omitted?  
Le Crapaud (talk) 11:20, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Dunkirk should also be added (taken by the Protectorate in 1658) --131.111.184.8 (talk) 16:02, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Not part of the Commonwealth but instead possessions of either the Commonwealth, Lord Protector or Crown. Regards, Rob (talk) 15:03, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extent of the Protectorate 

message: :The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the move request was: Proposal withdrawn by OP as move no longer necessary. Regards,  Rob (talk) 14:27, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The Protectorate →  – To make article consistent with Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland (1659 to 1660) and thus reduce confusion. Regards, Relisted. BDD (talk) 16:16, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

text: The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move.  Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.
See discussion at Talk:Commonwealth of England regarding this page and others surrounding the Interregnum. Regards, Rob (talk) 14:30, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested Move

message: The Robles case about whether Jews could be in England (see for example ) suggested that England and Spain were at war in 1656 (so it was better in England to be Jewish than Spanish).  If so, it should be covered in the Foreign policy section. --Rumping (talk) 22:46, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  War with Spain 

message: With reference to national flags. @User:108.162.103.13, User:Sodacan and User:BilCat please see Talk:Flag of England/Archive 1#English Commonwealth and English flag. -- PBS (talk) 20:36, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  National flag