Oliver Cromwell: Lord Protector (1)

Introduction I recall that a number of years ago, when we were on a tour of Westminster Abbey in London, the Anglican, prelate who was our guide took every opportunity to express his hatred of Oliver Cromwell and the disaster which he had brought upon England in the 17th Century. Oliver Cromwell was that kind of a man: one either loved him or hated him. His enemies were many and were from the side of those who supported the Anglican Church as well as Calvinist Presbyterianism who despised his...