Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell, an English soldier and statesman of outstanding gifts and a forceful character shaped by a devout Calvinist faith, was lord protector of the republican Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1653 to 1658. One of the leading generals on the parliamentary side in the English Civil War against King Charles I, he helped to bring about the overthrow of the Stuart monarchy, and, as lord protector, he raised his country's status once more to that of a leading European power from the decline it had gone through since the death of Queen Elizabeth I.

1. Oliver Cromwell:

a. Youth
b. Formative influences
c. Early public career
2. Cromwell in Parliament
3. The Civil War
4. Cromwell as the first chairman of the Council

5. Cromwell as Lord Protector
a. Foreign policy:
b. Economic policy
c. Relations with Parliament
6. Cromwell’s death and burial
7. Conclusion