Lord Protector

Religion and Politics in the Life of Oliver Cromwell

AvRobert S. Paul

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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A biography of Cromwell, charting his political and military career, and the religious debates that influenced his actions.Oliver Cromwell stands at the gateway of modern history; his resolute Puritanism formative to concepts of political and religious liberty, the development of democracy, and the individual's duty to resist tyranny. In The Lord Protector, Robert S. Paul traces Cromwell's political career, from his early influences and political experience, to the English Civil Wars, his brutal conquest of Ireland and campaigns in Scotland.Where some historians present Cromwell in extremes, either as a scheming power-hungry tyrant, or as a noble hero, Paul seeks to understand the Lord Protector through the religious context of the seventeenth century, removed from the typical historical readings of his contemporaries. In order to understand Cromwell's career, Paul's investigation focusses his study through the extent to which Cromwell shared the theological beliefs common to his time. This relationship between his religion and political action provides an estimate of Cromwell as a man of faith, statesman and ruler.

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Utgivningsdatum:2023-08-31
Mått:228 x 152 x 29 mm
Vikt:552 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Lutterworth Press
Antal sidor:438
Förlag:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN:9780718896799

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Dr Robert S. Paul (1918-1992) was a graduate in the School of Modern History at Oxford and specialised in the study of Cromwell. Paul gained his DPhil from the University, and was later appointed Assistant Director of the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, Switzerland.

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(Dr. Paul's) book contains the clearest account of Cromwell's religious beliefs that I know and it places his faith where it belongs, of the very heart, at the still centre of his troubled being.

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PrefaceIntroduction1. Formative Influences2. Early Political Experience3. From the Beginning of the Civil War to the Spring of 16444. The Civil War: Spring 1644 to the Self-Denying Ordinance5. The Civil War: Spring 1645 to the End of the First Civil War6. From the Fall of Oxford to the Army Debates, July 16477. The Army Debates of 16478. Carisbrooke to the Outbreak of the Second Civil War9. The Second Civil War10. The Execution of the King11. The Beginnings of the Commonwealth Military and Political Problems12. The Irish Campaign and Its Moral Issues13. The Scottish Campaign: Dunbar14. The Scottish Campaign: Worcester15. From Worcester to the Expulsion of the Rump16. Experiments at Home and Abroad17. Princeps: The Constitution and the Major-Generals18. Princeps: Home and Foreign Policy19. The Kingship and the End20. JudgementAppendices1. Letter to Mr. Storie, January II, 1635/62. Biblical Analysis of Cromwell's Letter to Mrs. St. John, October 23, 16383. Extract from "Vindiciae Veritatis"4. Letter to Robert Hammond, November 6, 16485. Letter to Robert Hammond, November 25, 16486. The "Saddle Letter" Account7. Selected Letters8. Professor W.C. Abbott and Oliver CromwellSelect BibliographyIndex