Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . e to maintain himself so long, considering what a smallportion of the English people was in sympathy with the religiousideas of that sect and with the abolition of kingship. Even thePresbyterians were on the side of Charles Is son, Charles II,the legal heir to the throne. Cromwell was a vigorous andskillful administrator and had a well-organized army of fiftythousand men at his command, otherwise the republic couldscarcely have lasted more than a few month
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . e to maintain himself so long, considering what a smallportion of the English people was in sympathy with the religiousideas of that sect and with the abolition of kingship. Even thePresbyterians were on the side of Charles Is son, Charles II,the legal heir to the throne. Cromwell was a vigorous andskillful administrator and had a well-organized army of fiftythousand men at his command, otherwise the republic couldscarcely have lasted more than a few months. Cromwell found himself confronted by every variety of diffi-culty. The three kingdoms had fallen apart. The nobles andCatholics in Ireland proclaimed Charles II as king, and Ormond, Struggle in England between King and Parliament 377 a Protestant leader, formed an army of Irish Catholics and Eng-lish royalist Protestants with a view of overthrowing the Com-monwealth. Cromwell accordingly set out for Ireland, where,after taking Drogheda, he mercilessly slaughtered two thousandof the barbarous wretches, as he called them. Town after. Fig. 99. Oliver CromwellThis portrait is by Peter Lely and was painted in 1653 town surrendered to Cromwells army, and in 1652, after muchcruelty, the island was once more conquered. A large part of itwas confiscated for the benefit of the English, and the Catholiclandowners were driven into the mountains. In the meantime(1650) Charles II, who had taken refuge in France, had landed inScotland, and upon his agreeing to be a Presbyterian king, thewhole Scotch nation was ready to support him. But Scotland wassubdued by Cromwell even more promptly than Ireland had been. 378 Mcilicval and ilfodei-ti limes So completely was the Scottish army destroyed that Cromwellfound no need to draw the sword again in the British Isles.
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