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The Ideology of Oliver Cromwell

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

George Drake
George Drake
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Assistant Professor of History, The Colorado College
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The problem of Oliver Cromwell's religious beliefs and the sincerity of those beliefs is one that has bedevilled historians from the seventeenth century to the present. Ultimately it is not one that will yield a concrete solution, for it is far too dependent on subjective considerations. Nevertheless, the impossibility of its definite resolution does not permit historians the expediency of dispensing with an enquiry into Cromwell's religion; for it is certainly the most striking characteristic of the man as he is revealed in his writings and speeches.

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Research Article
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Church History , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , September 1966 , pp. 259 - 272
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of Church History 1966

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