The English Constitution · Character
Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector during the Commonwealth.
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First appearance: i
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- Wide-ranging political and intellectual figures
- Monarchs of constitutional crisis
- Early constitutional monarchs and premiers
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