Cromwell and the Protectorate (TRIH ep 54)
1653 · Resource
This episode of The Rest Is History, hosted by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, examines Oliver Cromwell and the decade of the British Republic between the execution of Charles I and the Restoration. Their guest, Paul Lay, editor of History Today and author of Providence Lost, guides discussion on Cromwell's military career, religious convictions, political role in the Protectorate, and contentious actions in Ireland (notably Drogheda and Wexford).
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