Best biography of oliver cromwell
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The best books on Oliver Cromwell
How did you first get involved with studying Cromwell?
I was inspired by a schoolmaster, when I was still at high school. He himself was very interested in the Civil War – he was more interested in regional conduct, but he introduced me to the figure of Oliver Cromwell. Then, when I was an undergraduate, I did a long essay on the allegiance of the Civil War, which also brought me closer to Cromwell, and I’ve been studying him – well, he’s been on my agenda – for a long time. In recent years, I’ve really made him the centrepiece of my work.
When I was at Cambridge, the module that covered Cromwell’s reign was by far the most popular for history students. Why do you think people find Cromwell so charismatic?
He’s still someone who arouses very strong feelings. On the one hand, he represents a very precocious commitment to religious liberty and a government accountable to the people; on the other, he is seen as someone who used excessive viole
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Cromwell: a select bibliography of books and articles
A select bibliography of books and volumes of collected articles
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Biographical
studies of
Cromwell
Biographical studies of Cromwell are legion and range from excellent to dire. Although inevitably dated in places, the studies written bygd the two greatest late Victorian historians of the period remain masterpieces - S.R. Gardiner, Cromwell's Place in History (), Gardiner, Oliver Cromwell () and C.H. Firth, Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans (). Firth's book rests in part upon the biography he wrote for the Dictionary of National Biography in , which itself provides a concise and thoughtful introduction to Cromwell. Of the more recent, twentieth-century biographies, J. Buchan, Oliver Cromwell () is an elegant study, C.V. Wedgwood, Oliver Cromwell () reflects the author's outstanding narr
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A select bibliography of biographies, monographs, collections and some important journal articles
Older biographical studies
Biographical studies of Cromwell are legion and range for excellent to dire. Although inevitably dated in places, the studies written by the two greatest late Victorian historians of the man and his era remain masterpieces – S.R. Gardiner, Cromwell’s Place in History (), Gardiner, Oliver Cromwell () and C.H. Firth, Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans (). Firth’s book rests in part upon the biography he wrote for the original edition of the Dictionary of National Biography in , which itself provides a concise and thoughtful introduction to Cromwell. Of the somewhat more recent, twentieth-century biographies, J. Buchan, Oliver Cromwell () is an elegant study and M. Ashley, Oliver Cromwell, the Conservative Dictator () and C.V. Wedgwood, Oliver Cromwell () reflect both their authors’ strong narrative skills and the era in which they were