Cromwelliana archives

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  • Cromwell Day Address September 2019
  • Papers from the Study Day at Lincoln June 2019:
    • The city of Lincoln during and after the English Civil Wars, 1642–1660
      by Dr Jonathan Fitzgibbons
    • Life in a garrisoned town: Newark, 1642–1646; A bolthole and a bastion for Lincolnshire royalists
      by Dr Stuart B Jennings
    • “It hath pleased the Lord to give your servant a notable victory…”
      Oliver Cromwell in Lincolnshire, 1643 by Stuart Orme
  • Oliver Cromwell in the News: April – May 1643
    by Dr Clive Holmes
  • The Schools’ Essay Prize-Winner 2019
    • ‘That which you have by force, I count as nothing.’
      Was the English Revolution anything more than a military coup d’état?
      by Christopher Conway
  • Cromwellian Britain XXIX – Thame, Oxfordshire
    by Vanessa Moir
  • Writings and Sources XXI Civil War Petitions
    by Dr Ismini Pells
  • Reviews of recently published books
    by Professor John Morrill, Dr Ismini Pells and Dr Stephen Roberts


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    • Oliver Cromwell and the Battle of Worcester by Professor Peter Gaunt
    • Oliver Cromwell, Regicide and Kingship, 1647–1658 by Dr Jonathan Fitzgibbons
    • Oliver Cromwell and Parliamentary Government, 1649–1658 by Dr David L Smith
    • Shrewsbury Conference Day ‘A world turn’d upside down – the English Civil Wars from a regional perspective.’
    • The civil war in Cheshire: a unique experience? by Professor Peter Gaunt
    • ‘A voyage into Wales’: Revisiting Sir Thomas Myddelton’s 1644–1645 campaign by Dr Jonathan Worton
    • The Schools Essay Prize-Winner 2018 ‘Does Cromwell’s legacy have any relevance in the 21st century?’ by Ben Rhydderch
    • Cromwellian Britain XXVIII The Battle of Preston (17–19 August 1648) by Dr Mark Parry
    • Writings and Sources XX Plundering in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire by Professor Peter Gaunt

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      • The political vision of Oliver Cromwell by Dr Stephen K Roberts
      • Consistency and contrast in Cromwell’s policy towards Europe by Hugh Dunthorne
      • Cromwell’s intervention in 1655 to halt the confessional cleansing of Milton’s ‘slaughtered saints’ in Piedmont by Richard Newbury
      • ‘Permanent and inviolable’: Oliver Cromwell and the idea of Anglo-Dutch Union in 1653 by Professor Jason Peacey
      • ‘A brave, bad man’: How far do you agree with Edward Hyde’s assessment of Oliver Cromwell by Kate Dorkins (The Schools Essay Prize Winner 2017)
      • Surveys of the clergy of Huntingdonshire early in 1641 by Dr Clive Holmes
      • ‘Bestowing a visit upon that little city’: Cromwell and the taking of Peterborough, April 1643 by Stuart Orme
      • Writings and Sources XIX: An overlooked civil
        war battle in Gloucestershire, November 1642?
        by Professor Peter Gaunt
      • Book reviews


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      • Devolution for the East of England – Again
        by Jonathan Djanogly, MP
      • Collecting Cromwell: how Cromwell and the civil wars have been interpreted in museums and galleries by John Goldsmith
      • The Bear Inn, Oliver Cromwell and the Committee of the Eastern Association by Dr Clive Holmes
      • Elizabeth Murray, Countess of Dysart and Duchess of Lauderdale (1626–1698) by Serrie Meakins
      • Windsor Castle: Roundhead Fortress
        by David Woodhall
      • ‘Does Oliver Cromwell merit a statue outside the Houses of Parliament?’ by Rebecca Bowers (The Schools Essay Prize-Winner 2016)
      • Cromwellian Britain XXVII Cambridge by Dr Andrew Barclay
      • The radicalisation of Colonel Thomas Saunders by Prof Peter Gaunt
      • And much more…

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      • The Monarchical Republic of Oliver Cromwell by Dr David Smith
      • ‘The public profession of the nation’: Religious Liberty and the English Church under Oliver Cromwell by Prof. Ann Hughes
      • Was Cromwell an Independent or Congregationalist? by Dr Joel Halcomb
      • ‘Our House of Lords’: Oliver Cromwell, the Nobility and the Other House by Dr John Fitzgibbons
      • Monarchical Cromwellians and the Restoration by Dr Miranda Malins
      • Cromwellian Britain XXV1: Oxford by Vanessa Moir
      • Book reviews by Prof. Peter Gaunt, Vanessa Moir and Dr Patrick Little
      • And much more…

      Contents

      • Oliver Cromwell and his Public Cromwell Day Address September 2014 by Prof. Jason Peacey
      • Facts, Lies and Stereotypes –the background to the collections of the Cromwell Museum Cromwell Collection Lecture November 2012 by John Goldsmith
      • Cromwell’s Generalship and the Conquest of Scotland 1650 -1651 Cromwell Association AGM Address April 2014 by Prof. Malcolm Wanklyn
      • ‘Cromwell’s whelps’: the death of the New Model Army Cromwell Study Day October 2014 by Dr David Appleby
      • ‘…looked on as a wonder, that never beheld his enemies in the face but returned from them crowned always with renown and honour…’: Cromwell’s contribution to Parliament’s Military Victories, 1642 -1651 Cromwell Study Day October 2014 by Prof Peter Gaunt
      • ‘this little Judgement which I have through my industry obtained unto, In Forraigne Countries’: Philip Skippon and the lessons learnt from contintental conflicts in the English Civil War. by Dr Ismini Pells
      • Cromwellian Britain XXV Putney, Greater London By Serrie Meakins
      • Writings and Sources XVII Minor Operations in the English Civil War by Prof Peter Gaunt
      • Book Reviews The English Civil War : A Military History by Peter Gaunt
      • The English Civil Wars : A Beginner’s Guideby Patrick Little
      • The Social World of Early Modern Westminster Abbey, Court and Community, 1525-1640 by Julia Merritt
      • Westminster 1640-60 : A Royal City in a Time of Revolution by Julia Merritt
      • The Last Ironsides : The English Expedition to Portugal, 1662-1668 by Jonathon Riley
      • Reviews by Alan Turton, Nicola Turton, Dr Patrick Little and Dr Miranda Malins
      • Obituary : Ivan Roots by Dr Stephen Roberts
      • Bibliography of Books by Dr David Smith
      • Bibliography of Journals by Prof Peter Gaunt

      Contents

      • Honouring Cromwell? Cromwell and Honour Cromwell Day Address September 2013 by Prof J C Davis
      • Oliver Cromwell and Parliament Cromwell Collection Lecture November 2013 by Prof Blair Worden
      • The Religious Context of the Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland by Prof John Morrill
      • The Cromwellian Navy in Ireland, 1649-1653 by Dr Elaine Murphy
      • Cromwell and the Irish land Settlement by Dr John Cunningham
      • Writings and Sources XVI: ‘Your Loving Father’ – Letters from Oliver Cromwell to Henry Cromwell, 1655-1658 by Dr Joel Halcomb and Dr Patrick Little
      • Book Reviews by Dr Patrick Little, John Goldsmith and Prof Peter Gaunt
      • Bibliography of Books by Dr David Smith
      • Bibliography of Journals by Prof Peter Gaunt

      Cromwelliana 2013

      Contents

      • The Cromwell Association 75th Anniversary Cromwell Day Address September 2012 by Prof Blair Worden
      • Oliver Cromwell and the People of God Cromwell Collection Lecture, Nov 2011 by Dr David L Smith
      • The Cromwell Association and its Presidents by Dr Patrick Little
      • W C Abbott and the Historical Reputation of Cromwell by Dr David L Smith
      • Cromwell and the Historians by Prof Peter Gaunt
      • Memorialising Cromwell: How Cromwell has been remembered by the Association and others by John Goldsmith
      • Book Reviews by Prof Peter Gaunt, Dr Stephen Roberts, Prof Ivan
      • Bibliography of Books by Dr David Smith
      • Bibliography of Journals by Prof Peter Gaunt
      • Writings and Sources XV: New light on what Cromwell said to the officers on 27th February 1657 by Prof Peter Gaunt

      Cromwelliana 2012

      Contents

      • Oliver Cromwell – a Scottish Perspective Cromwell Day 2011 by Dr Laura A M Stewart
      • Farmer Oliver? The Cultivation of Cromwell’s Image During the Protectorate by Dr Patrick Little
      • Oliver Cromwell and the Underground Opposition to Bishop Wren of Ely by Dr Andrew Barclay
      • From Civilian to Soldier: Recalling Cromwell in Cambridge, 1642 by Dr Sue L Sadler
      • ‘Dear Robin’: The Correspondence of Oliver Cromwell and Robert Hammond by Dr Miranda Malins
      • Mrs S C Lomas: Cromwellian Editor by Dr David L Smith
      • Cromwellian Britain XXIV : Frome, Somerset by Jane A Mills
      • Book Reviews by Dr Patrick Little and Prof Ivan Roots
      • Bibliography of Books by Dr Patrick Little
      • Bibliography of Journals by Prof Peter Gaunt

      Cromwelliana archives 1968 to 2011