I have been reading about our history of the monarch and there seems to be a gap in information 1649-1660 Cromwell seemed to be involved but what happened?
2006-11-23 06:31:25 · 8 answers · asked by ? 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
To make an incredebly long and complicated story short, there was an extended period of disquiet between the English Monarch (Charles I) and his parliament, mostly concerned with the Kings insistance that he was appointed King by God and should not anwer to parliament ant the people. This eventually resulted in a series of bloody civil wars from which the parliamentarians (early believers in democracy) emerged victorious. They presented the defeated King with varied demands on religious freeedoms and greater parliamentary powers, and when they were repeatedly refused by the King he was tried as an enemy of the people and was executed, his familly escaped to Europe and his son Charles was proclaimed King by loyalists opon his fathers death.
The following few years are known as the English Commonwealth with Parliament headed by a Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell. This change in regieme did not procede as successfully as the early democrats wished, resulting in many harsh and despotic laws passed by a largely totalitarian religiously puritanical government.
Following several years of political strife, it was decided that a new monarch, this time with more tightly controlled powers, should be restored to the throne. The Logical choice to this was of course the exiled Charles II.
2006-11-23 08:35:12 · answer #1 · answered by jademonkey 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The English Parliament under Oliver Cromwell's leadership in 1649 deposed and executed Charles I for treason, and appointed Cromwell "Lord Protector of the Commonwealth" instead, making Britain a republic.
Parliament agreed to restore the monarchy in 1660 with Charles I's son Charles II. Scotland, which was still an independent nation, had crowned him their King in 1652, but it was an empty ceremony. It just got them into trouble from Cromwell, who continued to rule both England and Scotland.
There were later Scottish-led Jacobite rebellions on behalf of the Old Pretender (1715) and his son Charles the Young Pretender (1745), but these had nothing to do with Cromwell and the Commonwealth at all.
2006-11-23 21:39:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He did. He was Charles II upon the moment Charles I died, but the political situation did not allow him to fully assume title, powers, functions and duties until he was restored to the throne 10 years later. cromwell and co had power in england at the time and had constituted it as a "commonwealth" or republic, and it would have been quite unhealthy for Charles the younger to try and assume power without enough cavaliers at his back to trounce the roundheads thoroughly.
Similarly, the Old and Young pretenders had regnal names and numbers even though they never really governed.
2006-11-23 11:11:29 · answer #3 · answered by Svartalf 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HM King Chas II exchange into very undemanding. His mom, a Catholic, exchange into not. She hated Oliver Cromwell plenty she had his physique dug up and hanged in chains. How mad is that? This effect is that we've not got a favourite grave for Oliver Cromwell, England's correct Parliamentarian. on the entire i could say that monarchy as a concept is often a controversy that's debated and argued with regard to right here in uk. i assume the main suitable way of considering that's that the jury continues to be out and we've not got any sparkling vote yet.
2016-10-12 23:47:37 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cromwell took over the government and ousted the monarchs
2006-11-23 06:32:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
cromwell had a republic for 5 years, he was the HMFIC.
charles 2 went to italy and I think had 2 sons ,the pretenders to the throne of england. Bonny prince charlie and his brother edward. you know the rest. the 2 sons were not jakabites
2006-11-23 08:20:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
cromwell took power and charles ii took it back
in my knowledge, charles i's not charles ii's father... mayb im wrong :s hahaha
hope this helped
2006-11-23 06:33:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good question. I'm looking forward to the answer. I knew once but I forgot the details of why.
Oh yeah - that's right - it was like a kind of early revolution. But it didn't last long.
2006-11-23 06:32:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋