Cromwell’s letters to the English Parliament

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Cromwell’s letters to the English Parliament are firsthand 17th-century documents in which Oliver Cromwell reports and justifies his military actions and policies during the Irish campaign, including the storming of Drogheda.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 17th-century document ⓘ
correspondence ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
primary source ⓘ
addressee English Parliament ⓘ
House of Commons of England ⓘ
author Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
contains appeals to God’s will and judgment ⓘ
justifications for severity at Drogheda ⓘ
references to divine providence ⓘ
reports of casualties and surrenders ⓘ
creator Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
dateWritten 17th century ⓘ
describesEvent Cromwell’s Irish campaign (1649–1650) ⓘ
massacres at Drogheda and Wexford ⓘ
military sieges in Ireland ⓘ
siege of Wexford (1649) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Wexford

storming of Drogheda (1649) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Drogheda
genre military report ⓘ
political correspondence ⓘ
religious-political rhetoric ⓘ
historicalSignificance central to debates about Cromwell’s responsibility for atrocities in Ireland ⓘ
important evidence for Parliamentarian perspectives on Ireland ⓘ
key primary source for Cromwell’s Irish campaign ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
English Parliament ⓘ
Irish campaign of Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
Parliamentarian military policy ⓘ
Puritan providentialism ⓘ
justification of military actions ⓘ
religious interpretation of warfare ⓘ
siege of Wexford ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Wexford

storming of Drogheda ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Drogheda
perspective Parliamentarian ⓘ
Protestant ⓘ
purpose to influence parliamentary opinion ⓘ
to justify military policies ⓘ
to provide official accounts of campaigns ⓘ
to report military actions ⓘ
relatedTo Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
English Civil War correspondence ⓘ
Parliamentarian propaganda in the 1640s and 1650s ⓘ
timePeriod Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
English Civil Wars ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War

Interregnum (England) ⓘ
linked to: Interregnum
usedAsSourceBy biographers of Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
historians of the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ
scholars of early modern British politics ⓘ

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Siege of Drogheda → hasPrimarySource → Cromwell’s letters to the English Parliament ⓘ