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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... politics , she confined herself to the sphere of domestic influence . The one letter of hers that is preserved displays not merely her affectionate disposition , but also her help- fulness in reminding her great husband of the necessity ...
... politics , she confined herself to the sphere of domestic influence . The one letter of hers that is preserved displays not merely her affectionate disposition , but also her help- fulness in reminding her great husband of the necessity ...
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... political questions . The House , in its second session held in 1629 , was occupied during the greater portion of its time with religious questions , and it was then that Cromwell made his first speech , if so short an utterance can be ...
... political questions . The House , in its second session held in 1629 , was occupied during the greater portion of its time with religious questions , and it was then that Cromwell made his first speech , if so short an utterance can be ...
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... political position . In life — and above all in political life — it is not possible to satisfy those who expect the actions of any man to be absolutely consistent . Later Later gener- ations may be convinced not only that Charles was ...
... political position . In life — and above all in political life — it is not possible to satisfy those who expect the actions of any man to be absolutely consistent . Later Later gener- ations may be convinced not only that Charles was ...
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... politics from religion . Parlia- 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 ...
... politics from religion . Parlia- 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 ...
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... political question in their own favour . Important as Charles's own character - with its love of shifts and evasions — was in deciding the issue , it must not be forgotten that the crisis arose from a circumstance common to all ...
... political question in their own favour . Important as Charles's own character - with its love of shifts and evasions — was in deciding the issue , it must not be forgotten that the crisis arose from a circumstance common to all ...
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