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The Prehistoric Cromwell
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This chapter examines the first two-thirds of Oliver Cromwell's life, which had passed in relative obscurity. The solid records for Cromwell's first forty years remain a sparse collection of legal and official documents, with a few letters and a single speech. This is the rickety and incomplete skeleton which successive biographers have fleshed out according to their own tastes. As such, the chapter is devoted to a fresh inspection of it, in the light of accumulated scholarly knowledge and with a greater scepticism regarding the degree of certainty with which a story can be constructed. It first considers the setting of Cromwell's early life, before piecing together his family background. The trail of references to Cromwell gets no greater in the course of the 1620s. Regardless, the chapter explores his political activities during this period, as well as the role religion played in his early years.
Title: The Prehistoric Cromwell
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This chapter examines the first two-thirds of Oliver Cromwell's life, which had passed in relative obscurity.
The solid records for Cromwell's first forty years remain a sparse collection of legal and official documents, with a few letters and a single speech.
This is the rickety and incomplete skeleton which successive biographers have fleshed out according to their own tastes.
As such, the chapter is devoted to a fresh inspection of it, in the light of accumulated scholarly knowledge and with a greater scepticism regarding the degree of certainty with which a story can be constructed.
It first considers the setting of Cromwell's early life, before piecing together his family background.
The trail of references to Cromwell gets no greater in the course of the 1620s.
Regardless, the chapter explores his political activities during this period, as well as the role religion played in his early years.
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