The Cromwellian ProtectorateThis book examines the nature of the first regime ever to have effective control of the British Isles and the impact that it had on England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, and on Britain’s international reputation. |
Contents
The establishment of the Cromwellian Protectorate December 1653 a conservative reaction? | 7 |
The first year of the Cromwellian Protectorate December 1653 January 1655 | 24 |
The Instrument of Government and rule by Lord Protector and Council December 1653 September 1654 | 25 |
The first Protectorate Parliament September 1654 January 1655 | 41 |
The crisis of the Cromwellian Protectorate February 1655 June 1656 | 51 |
The Protectorates siege mentality | 52 |
Godly rule | 58 |
Stresses within the Cromwellian Protectorate June 1655 June 1657 | 73 |
The Protectorate and the Baltic | 129 |
The Protectorate and France and Spain | 131 |
The Cromwellian Protectorate and Scotland and Ireland Different attitudes to Scotland and Ireland | 139 |
conquest and reformation | 141 |
Punitive policies against the Irish and Scots | 145 |
Religious reforms | 149 |
The limited achievement of reform in Scotland and Ireland | 152 |
The Protectorates British legacy | 155 |
Return to rule with parliament | 74 |
Conservative and radical Cromwellians and the making of the Humble Petition and Advice | 80 |
The case of James Nayler | 82 |
The Militia Bill | 85 |
The making of a new Protectorate | 87 |
The end of the Cromwellian Protectorate June 1657 May 1659 | 94 |
The end of the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell | 95 |
The end of the Cromwellian Protectorate | 101 |
The Cromwellian Protectorate and the wider world | 119 |
The activist role of the Protectorate in international affairs | 122 |
The Protectorate and the Dutch | 125 |
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