In Ireland there's a saying, "Cromwell out-Heroded Herod."
Nothing anyone can ever say about him could convince me he was anything but a monster who, like Queen Elizabeth before him, attempted to literally exterminate the Irish people.
It is difficult to justify the slaughter of somewhere between 15 and 50 percent of the population of a country as “honorable” in any way, shape or form, as well as the discrimination against Irish culture and religion. Cromwell may have been good for England but he is rightfully a monster outside of it. I’ll look at your book but the title alone speaks to a bias in the author’s point of view. Maybe you should read some opinions about Cromwell from the Irish point of view.
I don’t think a lot of people appreciate the degree to which Oliver Cromwell’s actions and decisions affected both the world at large and the early American colonies in particular.
In Ireland there's a saying, "Cromwell out-Heroded Herod."
Nothing anyone can ever say about him could convince me he was anything but a monster who, like Queen Elizabeth before him, attempted to literally exterminate the Irish people.
May I suggest that you look at Tom Reilly's 'Cromwell: An honourable Enemy' for an alternative view?
It is difficult to justify the slaughter of somewhere between 15 and 50 percent of the population of a country as “honorable” in any way, shape or form, as well as the discrimination against Irish culture and religion. Cromwell may have been good for England but he is rightfully a monster outside of it. I’ll look at your book but the title alone speaks to a bias in the author’s point of view. Maybe you should read some opinions about Cromwell from the Irish point of view.
I will take a look, though it’ll be a hard sell…
I don’t think a lot of people appreciate the degree to which Oliver Cromwell’s actions and decisions affected both the world at large and the early American colonies in particular.