Oliver Cromwell started as a leader of Parliament during the English Civil War fighting for what he saw as liberty and a more godly England. By the time he became Lord Protector his rule was marked by strict Puritan reforms banning Christmas closing theaters and his brutal campaign in Ireland including the Siege of Drogheda cemented his reputation as ruthless and unflinching.
_Captain_Dinosaur_ on
I have maintained an orange idiot cat for most of my life. So far there have been three. All of them, as tradition dictates, have been named after historical monsters.
R.I.P. Bonaparte and Attila.
Long live Oliver.
Talonsminty on
When his son was overthrown and his laws repealed his fanatical supporters cried religous persecution and fled to the new world to found a colony of some sorts.
ConsequenceNo2571 on
Cromwell booooo!
AceOfSpades532 on
I’m pretty sure the English Protectorate is the only case of a country successfully revolting against a hereditary monarch and replacing it with a republic (although Cromwell did make his son become leader after he died, basically negating the non hereditary appeal), just for the republic to be so bad that the people willingly brought the hereditary monarchy back
Edit: France doesn’t really count, Napoleon took it and then the Ancien Regime was reinstalled by outside powers, in England it was the country doing it willingly both times
AMP-to-da-moon on
Just like rn
RandomRedditor_1916 on
Fuck Cromwell.
DazSamueru on
The Puritans did NOT ban alcohol. Religious teetotaling is more of an Anabaptist thing.
Archarchery on
How did they justify “No alcohol” when Jesus famously turned water into wine in the Bible?
OriginalTrade8964 on
missing a word in line three
trialtestv on
Parliament and the puritans banned Christmas not Cromwell although he wasn’t opposed to it
level1user on
Whatever his many faults, Britain never achieves the same level of power without the victory of parliament in the civil war.
R3turn_MAC on
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cjerni01 on
No whistling on the street either
I-Am-Stupid-Very on
At least he was religiously tolerant (not including catholics)
CilanEAmber on
Cromwell’s England was literally the “No fun allowed,” meme.
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Oliver Cromwell started as a leader of Parliament during the English Civil War fighting for what he saw as liberty and a more godly England. By the time he became Lord Protector his rule was marked by strict Puritan reforms banning Christmas closing theaters and his brutal campaign in Ireland including the Siege of Drogheda cemented his reputation as ruthless and unflinching.
I have maintained an orange idiot cat for most of my life. So far there have been three. All of them, as tradition dictates, have been named after historical monsters.
R.I.P. Bonaparte and Attila.
Long live Oliver.
When his son was overthrown and his laws repealed his fanatical supporters cried religous persecution and fled to the new world to found a colony of some sorts.
Cromwell booooo!
I’m pretty sure the English Protectorate is the only case of a country successfully revolting against a hereditary monarch and replacing it with a republic (although Cromwell did make his son become leader after he died, basically negating the non hereditary appeal), just for the republic to be so bad that the people willingly brought the hereditary monarchy back
Edit: France doesn’t really count, Napoleon took it and then the Ancien Regime was reinstalled by outside powers, in England it was the country doing it willingly both times
Just like rn
Fuck Cromwell.
The Puritans did NOT ban alcohol. Religious teetotaling is more of an Anabaptist thing.
How did they justify “No alcohol” when Jesus famously turned water into wine in the Bible?
missing a word in line three
Parliament and the puritans banned Christmas not Cromwell although he wasn’t opposed to it
Whatever his many faults, Britain never achieves the same level of power without the victory of parliament in the civil war.
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No whistling on the street either
At least he was religiously tolerant (not including catholics)
Cromwell’s England was literally the “No fun allowed,” meme.