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Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) was an accomplished cavalry commander, then head of Parliament's New Model Army, and finally Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The latter title was awarded to Cromwell for life after the bloody...

A c. 1656 portrait of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), leader of the Parliamentarians during the English Civil Wars (1642-51) and Lord Protector after the execution of Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649). Painting by Samuel Cooper (National...

Thomas Cromwell (l. c. 1485-1540 CE) served as chief minister to Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) from 1532 to 1540 CE. With his king and the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer (in office 1533-55 CE), Cromwell masterminded the...

A 17th-century portrait of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) leader of the Parliamentarians during the English Civil Wars (1642-51) and Lord Protector after the execution of Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649). (Private collection)

A 19th-century painting by Andrew Carrick Gow depicting Oliver Cromwell at the head of the New Model Army at the battle of Dunbar in Scotland in September 1650 during the English Civil Wars (1642-51). (Tate Collection, Lonodon)

A 19th-century illustration of Oliver Cromwell at the Battle of Marston Moor in July 1644. The battle was won by the Parliamentarians against the Royalists during the ongoing English Civil Wars (1642-51).

A god coin issued during the tenure of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector of England, Ireland and Scotland (1653-8).

The battle of Dunbar on 3 September 1650 between the English Parliament's New Model Army led by Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) and Scotland's army led by David Leslie (c. 1600-1682) was one of the last major battles of the English Civil Wars...

Death mask of Oliver Cromwell who served as Lord Protector of England, Ireland and Scotland (1653-8) after the English Civil Wars (1642-51). (Warwick Castle, England)

John Wesley Cromwell (l. 1846-1927) was an African American civil rights activist, educator, historian, journalist, and lawyer who wrote extensively on slave revolts, especially Nat Turner's Rebellion of 1831. Drawing on primary sources...