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Vor 5 Tagen · On the one hand, he argues, Cromwell’s self-image presents us with a man of principle, the advocate of religious liberty and equality, against tyranny in church and state, for the accountability of governors, leading a people freed from slavery toward a promised land.
Vor 3 Tagen · (englisch Henry VIII; * 28. Juni 1491 im Palace of Placentia, Greenwich; † 28. Januar 1547 im Whitehall-Palast, London) war von 1509 bis 1547 König von England, ab 1509 Herr der Lordschaft Irland und ab 1541 König von Irland.
Vor 3 Tagen · So wrote the politician John Thurloe to Henry Cromwell, fourth son of Oliver, in March 1658. By its closing years, the English Commonwealth, only 12 years removed from civil wars that had left...
Vor 4 Tagen · The Sir Henry Cromwell referred to, who died on 7th January, 1603, was the grandfather of Oliver Cromwell, and married the daughter and heiress of Sir Ralph Warren, Lord Mayor of London in 1536–7 and 1544, who died in 1553. The reference to Warren in the pleadings of Sir William Cornwallis, given above, suggests that the property ...
Vor 4 Tagen · The key player for Elton was not Henry VIII, but rather his principal Secretary of State Thomas Cromwell. Elton downplays the prophetic spirit of the religious reformers in the theology of keen conviction, dismissing them as the meddlesome intrusions from fanatics and bigots.
Especially in the case of Henry VIII and Cromwell, it's worth noting that Henry elevated Cromwell specifically because he was willing to do Henry's dirty work. Cromwell wasn't some rich and renowned noble pushing a weak willed child king to do his bidding. He was the son of a middle class tradesman who got a seat in the House of Commons and was ...
Vor einem Tag · Along with his brother Henry, Cromwell had kept a smallholding of chickens and sheep, selling eggs and wool to support himself, his lifestyle resembling that of a yeoman farmer. In 1636 Cromwell inherited control of various properties in Ely from his uncle on his mother's side, and his uncle's job as tithe -collector for Ely Cathedral .
