Oliver Cromwell: Verskil tussen weergawes

In 1652 het Cromwell [[Ierland]] oorgeneem. Baie geskiedkundiges glo dat Cromwell 'n etniese suiwering teen die Ierse Katolieke uitgevoer het.<ref name=norbrook>Norbrook, David (2000).''Writing the English Republic: Poetry, Rhetoric and Politics, 1627–1660''. Cambridge University Press. p. 245. ISBN 978-0-521-78569-3.</ref><ref name=lutz>Lutz, James M.; & Lutz, Brenda J. (2004). ''Global Terrorism.'' Routledge. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-415-70051-1.</ref><ref>Levene, Mark (2005). ''Genocide in the Age of the Nation-State''. I.B.Tauris. pp. 55-57. ISBN 978-1-84511-057-4.</ref><ref>Coogan, Tim Pat (2002). ''The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal and the Search for Peace''. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-312-29418-2.</ref><ref>Axelrod, Alan (2002). ''Profiles in Leadership''. Prentice Hall Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-7352-0256-6.</ref><ref>Ellis, Peter Berresford (2002). ''Eyewitness to Irish History.'' John Wiley & Sons Inc. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-471-26633-4.</ref> Cromwell wou hê dat die Ierse Katolieke uit Oos-Ierland na die noordweste moes trek.<ref name="lutz" /> Volgens sommige geskiedkundiges het Cromwell en sy weermag bloedige slagtings, hongersnood en dreigemente gebruik om die Iere te dwing om te verskuif.<ref>Parliament of England (12 Augustus 1652). [http://www.constitution.org/eng/conpur094.htm Act for the Settlement of Ireland.] ''Constitution Society''. Besoek op 9 April 2016.</ref><ref name=morrill>Morrill, John (December 2003). [https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-116141911/rewriting-cromwell-a-case-of-deafening-silences Rewriting Cromwell – A Case of Deafening Silences.] ''Canadian Journal of History'' '''38''' (3): 553.</ref><ref name="stewart" /> Die historikus Frances Stewart sê dat 600&nbsp;000 Iere (43% van die Ierse bevolking) as gevolg van die beleid gesterf het.<ref name=stewart>Stewart, Frances (2000). ''War and Underdevelopment: Economic and Social Consequences of Conflict, Volume I.'' Oxford University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-19-924187-3.</ref>

 

 

In 1657 het die parlement Cromwell die kroon aangebied. Hy het ses weke oor die aanbod nagedink, maar dit verwerp. Hy is daarna weer seremonieel by Westminster Hall as "''Lord Protector''" (die keer met groter magte) uitgeroep.