Anna Keay on the Restless Republic (Britain after the death of Charles I)
Subject to Change
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Cromwell's Dismissal of the Parliament
Cromwell is terribly clear-sighted and he gets so frustrated when people don't share his vision and they're quibbling over points. He sees with great clarity what the task is and it sort of enrages him when when other people won't get on board. Ultimately you've got this fundamental contradiction which is it's all very well saying we've we have got rid of monarchy because we think the people should be sovereign, but that completely falls down if you don't agree with what parliament has come up with. That was essentially what Cromwell was because he really was interested in doing God's doing rather than trying to impose his own will on others.
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