Oliver CromwellLongmans, Green, 1909 - 319 páginas This volume is an extensive biography of Oliver Cromwell, but according to its preface, the author suggests that it is a history. Gardiner makes a point to distinguish a history with a biographical viewpoint from that of a strict biography. |
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... ment to a family with which they had long been in friendly relation . Even so , however , it is in the highest degree im- probable that Cromwell would have been selected by his neighbours , to whom every action of his life had been laid ...
... ment to a family with which they had long been in friendly relation . Even so , however , it is in the highest degree im- probable that Cromwell would have been selected by his neighbours , to whom every action of his life had been laid ...
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... ment , dissatisfied with Charles's ineffectual guidance of the State , was still more dissatisfied with his attempt to use his authority over the Church to the profit of an unpopular party . The House of Commons represent- ing mainly ...
... ment , dissatisfied with Charles's ineffectual guidance of the State , was still more dissatisfied with his attempt to use his authority over the Church to the profit of an unpopular party . The House of Commons represent- ing mainly ...
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... whole of the Southern counties thrown open to the assaults of the King's partisans . Farther east , though Essex succeeded in capturing Reading , his army melted away before disease and mismanage- ment . 34 OLIVER CROMWELL .
... whole of the Southern counties thrown open to the assaults of the King's partisans . Farther east , though Essex succeeded in capturing Reading , his army melted away before disease and mismanage- ment . 34 OLIVER CROMWELL .
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Samuel Rawson Gardiner. his army melted away before disease and mismanage- ment . On June 18 Hampden was mortally wounded at Chalgrove Field . Lord Fairfax and his son , Sir Thomas Fairfax , were with difficulty holding their own in the ...
Samuel Rawson Gardiner. his army melted away before disease and mismanage- ment . On June 18 Hampden was mortally wounded at Chalgrove Field . Lord Fairfax and his son , Sir Thomas Fairfax , were with difficulty holding their own in the ...
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... ment defeated a strong body of Royalist horse near Gainsborough . Later in the day news was brought that a force of the enemy was approaching from the North . Cromwell , whose cavalry was supported by a KING AND PARLIAMENT . 37.
... ment defeated a strong body of Royalist horse near Gainsborough . Later in the day news was brought that a force of the enemy was approaching from the North . Cromwell , whose cavalry was supported by a KING AND PARLIAMENT . 37.
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