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Cromwell's Rule In England, The Restoration: By Thomas Carlyle

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From: History of the World
Date: 19920101
Author:Carlyle, Thomas; Green, John R.; Pepys, Samuel

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By Thomas Carlyle

1660

Brief as was the duration of the Protectorate under Oliver Cromwell, it was one of the most extraordinary periods in English history. It is now commonly admitted that Cromwell was England's greatest ruler. After his first appearance in Charles' third parliament (1628), at the age of twenty- nine, Cromwell returned to the obscurity of his Huntingdon home. Not until he entered the Long Parliament (1640) did he really begin his marvellous career.

However variously judged by his contemporaries and by later generations, Cromwell's part in ...

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