Cromwell, Oliver

An English Puritan political leader and general of the seventeenth century. He led the army of parliament to victory over King Charles I in the English Civil War and afterward emerged as ruler of the nation under the title Lord Protector of the Commonwealth . A skillful general and administrator, and a ruthless dictator ( see dictatorship ), he was particularly harsh in his suppression of rebellion in Ireland . After his death, monarchy was soon restored. ( See Restoration .)

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Eventually, Charles I will be overthrown, and the puritan dictator Oliver Cromwell will take power.

According to tradition, that's what Oliver Cromwell told the English “rump parliament” when he dissolved it in 1653.

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There has been little intellectual advance since Oliver Cromwell's Puritan republic back in the 1650s.

Cambridge is rich in traditions, as any university might be that numbered Oliver Cromwell among its students.

Was Oliver Cromwell, his bitterest enemies themselves being the judges, destitute of private virtues?

Oliver Cromwell never believed more radically in the foreordination of all human actions than did he.

Little, therefore, was to be dreaded from a second protector, unless he were also a second Oliver Cromwell.

This was the instrument of government enacted by the council of officers, and solemnly sworn to by Oliver Cromwell.

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