Oliver Cromwell (25. dubna 1599 – 3. září 1658) byl anglický vojevůdce a politik. Jako vojenský velitel přispěl k porážce královského vojska v občanské válce.
Oliver Cromwell, English soldier and statesman, who led parliamentary forces in the English Civil Wars and was lord protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1653–58) during the republican Commonwealth.
What was Oliver Cromwell’s family like?The son of Robert Cromwell—a member of one of Queen Elizabeth I’s parliaments, a landlord, and a justice of the peace—Oliver Cromwell also was descended indirectly on his father’s side from Henry VIII’s chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, who had helped Oliver’s great-grandfather and grandfather acquire confiscated monastic land in Huntingdon and the Fens.What were Oliver Cromwell’s beliefs?In religious matters, Oliver Cromwell, a Puritan, believed that individual Christians could establish direct contact with God through prayer and that congregations should choose their own ministers, whose principal duty was to inspire the laity by preaching. He distrusted the Church of England hierarchy and advocated abolishing the episcopate but was never opposed to a state church.What did Oliver Cromwell accomplish?As one of the generals on the parliamentary side in the English Civil Wars (1642–51) against Charles I, Oliver Cromwell helped overthrow the Stuartmonarchy, and, as lord protector(1653–58), he raised England’s status once more to that of a leading European power from the decline it had gone through since the death of Elizabeth I.
Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in British history.
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Unfinished portrait miniature of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England (1599-1658), circa 1653, three-quarters sinister, wearing a white lawn collar, brown background (unfinished), the reverse set with a bloodstone plaque.
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