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Dictator or democratic trailblazer?

A brutal, joyless dictator or the man who set in train the democracy we enjoy today? Whatever you feel about Cromwell's achievements, it's undeniable he was puritan made.

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Charles I's execution solved one problem but created others - who would govern and with what authority? After the war, came the aftershocks

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