Introduction

We left off our story in may 16 57 with oliver cromwell's decision to not allow him self to be crowned king. But as we are about to see, while cromwell himself had built up enough gravitoss to rule merely as lord protector, when he died, that gravitos died with him. It the domestic political order settled for the moment, though, the second protector at parliament closed its first session in june 16 57 without incident. I repeat, without incident, for the first time in, well, let's see. The long parliament was forcibly purged in 16 forty eight and then the rump was disbanded in 16 53. And then the nominated