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Originally Posted by cmonstanley
cromwell avenue in accy tooo.the thing is he was a bit silly as well .when the scottish covenanters sided with cromwell and kidnapped king james and asked for a ransom they collected the ransom but let him go..for a small fee as well..  but he still asked for their /our support when fighting against the royalists..  and i.e. dont believe all in the history books because its well knowne they were distorted to discredit the parliamentarians....and british history.. |
Which King James was that then? James I (VI of Scotland) was dead and James II (later deposed) was Charles II's younger brother and reigned long after Cromwell's death.
Where is the distortion? The dates of battles, the trial and execution of Charles I and the period of Parliamentary rule are factual. Laws passed under Cromwell's "reign" are documented. I don't think Parliamentarians are discredited at all, just castigated for the unnecessary act of regicide of Charles I. Had they not done that, alienating many on both sides of the civil war, the monarchy would probably never have been restored.