Ulrich Plate · @oya3un
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"The most interesting thing about King is that he'll be five foot eight inches tall at the start of his reign." -- Monty Python

#charles #coronation #Cromwell #sconeofstone

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MikeDunnAuthor · @MikeDunnAuthor
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Today in labor history April 26, 1649: The English authorities sentenced Robert Lockier to be shot for leading a mutiny. Cromwell’s New Model Army had just defeated Charles I in the English Civil War. However, the Army failed to negotiate a settlement with the King. And when Charles I double-crossed them, they executed him. A conflict arose between the monarchists, who wanted another king, and Cromwell, who wanted a plutocratic Parliament. Then there were the Levellers, who wanted a democracy in which every male head of household had a vote, regardless of whether he owned property. And the Diggers (AKA the True Levellers), who wanted universal suffrage AND common ownership of the land. Lockier was a Leveller and a member the New Model Army. On April 24, he and some other soldiers barricaded themselves in a Leveller meeting place in London. They demanded to paid their overdue wages. Cromwell ended the mutiny after a few days and arrested Lockier as the ringleader.

The Diggers originally called themselves the True Levellers, to distinguish themselves from the more moderate Levellers. However, in April, 1649, they began pulling down enclosures (common lands usurped by the landlords) on St. George’s Hill. And when they started planting the land in common, for the benefit of all peasants, people started calling them Diggers. Needless to say, the local landlords were peeved. They asked the New Model Army to come in and remove the Diggers. However, their commander told the landlords to use the courts. So, the landlords organized gangs to beat and burn out the Diggers. Ultimately, the court ruled that the Army could evict the Diggers if they did not leave. So, they left. But they started new commons in neighboring regions.

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Oliver Cromwell did good, just he and his followers got caught up in the whole hero worship of him.
The movement was bigger but the result ended up smaller because of him. He should've ceded power once it peaked.

#Cromwell #olivercromwell

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History of Parliament · @HistParl
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that during the Cromwellian period cider-making benefited from scientific advances? But even with these advances, cider-drinking still came with risks. Find out more👇 ow.ly/3mru50MY5mu

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#17thCentury #science #cider #Cromwell #dyk

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History of Parliament · @HistParl
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The Parliament of 1659 opened in such confusion that its membership was unclear and a stranger could sit undetected. Find out about the implications this had for Richard Cromwell's Parliament...👇 ow.ly/ZoGi50MFqpN

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#Cromwell #17thCentury

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History of Parliament · @HistParl
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Stories of Oliver Cromwell's love life became commonplace after the restoration of the monarchy, but was there any truth to the rumours? Find out in this blog from Dr Patrick Little 👇💗 ow.ly/a1zv50HQqXR
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#Cromwell #valentinesday

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History of Parliament · @HistParl
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1661, Oliver Cromwell's body was exhumed from his grave in Westminster Abbey and posthumously executed. But who was Cromwell? And how has he been remembered over time? Find out in this video from the YouTube channel 👇 youtu.be/U3NjaOkD9yw

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#westminster #Cromwell #histparl #otd

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History of Parliament · @HistParl
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1659 Richard Cromwell's only protectorate Parliament started sitting. But not everyone in the chamber was supposed to be there...

Dr Patrick Little from our Commons 1640-1660 project explains more over on our blog 👇
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#Cromwell #17thCentury #otd

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History of Parliament · @HistParl
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For the Cromwellians, the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright was puzzling. It was an area filled with both 'radical covenanters' and 'crypto-royalists'; neither could be relied on to support the Cromwellian regime. Find out more👇
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#constituencytuesday #civilwar #ScottishHistory #Cromwell

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HubertineAuclert · @HubertineAuclert
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Si vous aimez l' (écrite de manière "romancée"), alors vous adorerez Hilary Mantel et sa trilogie sur Thomas Cromwell. J'ai commencé le tome 1 et c'est un vrai régal. Construit sous forme de dialogues, ce fabuleux nous entraîne dans la vie du célèbre et des .

#vendredilecture #histoire #roman #Cromwell #tudor

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Bob the Traveler · @bobthetraveler
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Thomas Venner was the last leader of the Fifth Monarchy Men, who tried to overthrow Oliver in 1657, and later led a coup against the newly restored government of Charles II, for which he was executed OTD in 1661 cromwell-intl.com/oliver-cromw

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History of Parliament · @HistParl
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Married 1540 Henry VIII & his 4th wife Anne of Cleves. Sources claim the King was immediately unhappy with the match; an annulment was granted 6 months later, as the negotiator of their union, Thomas Cromwell, fell from grace. Read Cromwell's bio👉 ow.ly/zAhH50H6102

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#Cromwell #tudor #otd

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Ralph Brooker · @RalphBrooker
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in needs to bring to the fore ’s implication in and its barbaric treatment of and the . . But tricks are used to skirt these deep issues. conveniently avoids both by literally making history about & in his work (available as an audio book) . Whilst we mock the , it was he, , who told us that we need to look deeper and longer at ourselves as English people. Don’t live a lie.

#harry #spare #monarchy #queens #kings #davidstarkey #Cromwell #irish #Ireland #slavery #england #Education #History #english

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anneeroper · @anneeroper
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@cearta The pity is that some , & make access to so expensive via article paywalls & book costs (difficult to find the 1st & 2nd volumes of The Writings and Speeches of Oliver for less than €240 or 190 sterling)--which means the ivory towers hold information on repeating political/war patterns rather than citizens who could use knowledge to fight and like in

#historians #universities #publishers #history #Cromwell #fascism #totalitarianism #inequality #colonialisation #invasions #putin #ukraine

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Petrichor · @sinabhfuil
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I'm reading Robert Harris's Act of Oblivion (excellent so far). A question for English people: why did people follow Cromwell, who's remembered as such a monster here in Ireland? @bookstodon

#EnglishHistory #Cromwell

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History of Parliament · @HistParl
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Was Oliver Cromwell really the who cancelled ? In the blog below, Dr Vivienne Larminie considers a different figure who advocated scrapping Yuletide festitivites: William Prynne 🚫🎁

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#Cromwell #histodons #christmas #scrooge

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History of Parliament · @HistParl
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Was Oliver Cromwell really the who cancelled ? In the blog below, Dr Vivienne Larminie considers a different figure who advocated scrapping Yuletide festitivites: William Prynne 🚫🎁

ow.ly/RS2250LhKLT

#Cromwell #histodons #christmas #scrooge

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History of Parliament · @HistParl
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This we are reflecting on someone often accused of cancelling Christmas. No, it's not the grinch... It's Oliver Cromwell! But who was Cromwell and what was his legacy? Find out👇🚫🎄
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#merrychristmas #Cromwell #histodons #watchwednesday

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History of Parliament · @HistParl
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This we are reflecting on someone often accused of cancelling Christmas. No, it's not the grinch... It's Oliver Cromwell! But who was Cromwell and what was his legacy? Find out👇🚫🎄
ow.ly/CJgS50LhLKq

#merrychristmas #Cromwell #histodons #watchwednesday

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History of Parliament · @HistParl
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Today we are counting down our most-read blogs from 2022! Follow this thread to find out which blogs made it into 's Top of the Blogs...

To kick us off, in fifth place, we have Dr Patrick Little talking about the love life of Oliver Cromwell👇 ow.ly/sTM050M4BkQ
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#Cromwell #histodons #histparl

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