Mark Steel Lectures - Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell, a landowner's son from East Anglia did the unthinkable: from a position of relative obscurity,
he rose to mount a powerful and ultimately successful challenge to the accepted political order, which in turn
led to the overthrow and subsequent execution of the reigning monarch. And all of this from a hypochondriac
from Norfolk whose religious and spiritual awakening came when he was convinced that he was being spoken to
by a huge cross in the local town square.
In this lecture, writer and broadcaster Mark Steel turns his spotlight to the life and work of the man who would
eventually turn down the offer from Parliament to become the King of England.
(from open2.net)
| Mark Steel Lectures - Oliver Cromwell |
| Related Links |
| Oliver Cromwell - wikipedia Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) was an English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. |
| A History of Britain - Revolutions Covering 1649-1689. Political and religious revolutions racked Britain after Charles I's execution, when Britain was a joyless, kingless republic led by Oliver Cromwell. |
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