418 Barebones

October 20, 2024·42 min·3 clips

Cromwell's angry dissolution of the Rump Parliament marked a second military coup by an army convinced their blood had earned a new world.

This episode covers the aftermath of Cromwell's dissolution of the Rump Parliament, focusing on the Barebones Parliament's attempts at reform, controversies over tithes and law, and external conflicts in Ireland, Scotland, and the Anglo-Dutch War. It concludes with Lambert's constitutional plotting leading to Cromwell becoming Lord Protector.

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