Cromwell to Cromwell

Reformation to Civil War

Nonfiction, History, British
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Author: John Schofield ISBN: 9780752466569
Publisher: The History Press Publication: July 30, 2011
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: John Schofield
ISBN: 9780752466569
Publisher: The History Press
Publication: July 30, 2011
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English

How England became radical and revolutionary in the time between the Reformation and the Civil War—with a reappraisal of Thomas Cromwell's legacy and new approach to causes of the Civil War Following on from his biography of Thomas Cromwell, John Schofield examines how the English character and the way it perceived royal rule changed between the time of Thomas Cromwell and that of his great-great-grandnephew Oliver. The English reformers of the 1530s, with Thomas Cromwell at their head, continued to have a strong belief in kingly rule and authority, in contrast to their radical approach to the power of the Pope and the Roman Cathoic Church. Resisting the king was tantamount to resisting God in their eyes, and even on a matter of conscience the will of the king should prevail. Yet just more than 100 years later, Charles I was called the "man of blood," and Oliver Cromwell famously declared that "we will cut off his head with the crown on it." This history explores how the deferential Reformation become a regicidal revolution.

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How England became radical and revolutionary in the time between the Reformation and the Civil War—with a reappraisal of Thomas Cromwell's legacy and new approach to causes of the Civil War Following on from his biography of Thomas Cromwell, John Schofield examines how the English character and the way it perceived royal rule changed between the time of Thomas Cromwell and that of his great-great-grandnephew Oliver. The English reformers of the 1530s, with Thomas Cromwell at their head, continued to have a strong belief in kingly rule and authority, in contrast to their radical approach to the power of the Pope and the Roman Cathoic Church. Resisting the king was tantamount to resisting God in their eyes, and even on a matter of conscience the will of the king should prevail. Yet just more than 100 years later, Charles I was called the "man of blood," and Oliver Cromwell famously declared that "we will cut off his head with the crown on it." This history explores how the deferential Reformation become a regicidal revolution.

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