England Without A King 1649 60

Download or read book England Without a King 1649-60 written by Austin Woolrych and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-02 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Woolrych surveys the establishment and history if the Commonwealth and Protectorate, first explaining how the country lost its king, and how Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector. Professor Woolrych challenges accepted views on the nature of the Protectorate, and finally offers some guidelines to the tangled period between Cromwell's death and the Restoration.