What about Oliver Cromwell?

Question

Help! Who was Oliver Cromwell, when? why? how? any information?

Answer 1

A Monty Python song :-) but I guess you want to know about the republican man that ruled England during a period of time tha the monarchy was abolished in England. He was known as the Lord Protector and is seen as one of the greatest Britons. In my opinion the guy had no clue of what to do with the power he had and because of this he was full of contradictions.

Answer 2

Oliver Cromwell (April 25, 1599–September 3, 1658) was an English military and political leader best known for making England a republic and leading the Commonwealth of England. He was a mid-gentry farmer for the first forty years of his life; a religious conversion experience made religion the central fact of his life and actions. A brilliant soldier (called "Old Ironsides") he rose from the ranks to command the army. Politically he took control of England, Scotland, and Ireland as Lord Protector, from December 16, 1653 until his death. Cromwell is a very controversial figure in English history—a regicidal dictator to some historians (such as David Hume and Christopher Hill) and a hero of liberty to others (such as Thomas Carlyle and Samuel Rawson Gardiner.)

Cromwell's career is full of contradictions. He was a regicide who debated whether to accept the crown himself and decided not to—though ironically he had more power than Charles I. He was a parliamentarian who ordered his soldiers to dissolve parliaments. Under his rule, the Protectorate advocated religious liberty of conscience but allowed blasphemers to be tortured. He advocated equitable justice but imprisoned those who criticised his raising taxation outside the agreement of Parliament. Admirers hail him as a strong, stabilising and stately leader who brought international respect, overthrew tyranny and promoted republicanism and liberty. In a BBC poll of 100 Greatest Britons, he was voted number 10. Cromwell's critics ridiculed him as an overly ambitious hypocrite who betrayed the cause of liberty, imposed puritanical values and showed scant respect for the nation's traditions. When the Royalists returned to power, his corpse was dug up, hung in chains, and beheaded.

Answer 3

He helped parliament overthrow Charles I during the civil war from 1642-1646 in England. Charles I and Parliament didn't get along so Cromwell was made out to be a hero. He named himself Lord Protector and created the English Commonwealth but kind of disolved parliament to get power. He refused the title of king when offered to sound like he did not want to create a crushing monarchy but really to hide the power he was trying to take. He was a radical puritanand made life strict for all England and closed down theaters (considered them immoral). Everyone hated him so bad that after he died and after charles II restored the monarchy, people dug him up and hung his body.

Answer 4

theres a "hill" named after him in preston, lancashire. He fought on it apparently

Answer 5

BORN IN HUNTINGDON CAMBRIDGESHIRE DIED OF MALARIA ANTI ROYAL

Answer 6

He was one bad man!

Answer 7

http://www.olivercromwell.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell