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France and Cromwell

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

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Whether we do, or do not, accept Mr. Palgrave's novel and somewhat daring estimate of Oliver Cromwell, as the drudge and tool of the army, we shall, at all events, probably agree with Von Ranke, that the Protector was personally responsible for the attack on Spain and for the French alliance.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Royal Historical Society 1891

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References

page 147 note 1 Oliver Cromwell the Protector.

page 147 note 2 History of England, vol. iii. page 213.

page 150 note 1 Oliver Cromwell the Protector, p. 29.

page 151 note 1 Macaulay, Hallam's Constitutional History.

page 152 note 1 ‘To eliminate all chances of failure from war is impossible. When you have done your best and have brought your army to the scratch under the most favourable conditions, … you will still in your heart, if you know war well, realise how uncertain is the game after all.’—Wolseley, , ‘War.’ Fortnightly, 12 1889Google Scholar.