It was, Cromwell noted on 4 September, 'one of the most signal mercies God hath done for England and His people,' and began the consolidation of power that would lead to the
Cromwellian subjugation of Scotland.
While the O'Ferrells of Mornie survived the
Cromwellian upheaval of the seventeenth century, Fergus O'Ferrall argues that this provided the context for their downfall in the eighteenth century as the cost of maintaining their estate proved to be too much.
Perspex reflected widespread opinion when he argued that Sutherland had, in effect, adopted a
Cromwellian approach to the Churchill commission.
Patrick Little is the editor of The
Cromwellian Protectorate (Woodbridge, 2007).
"But she kept the
Cromwellian troops at bay from Lathom Hall, accompanied by her nine children, in 1644.
In Micheal O'Siochru's God's Executioner: Olivet" Cromwell and the Conquest oflreland, a vivid and thoughtful account of the
Cromwellian subjugation of Ireland lets readers judge for themselves.
The island was a monastic settlement back in the 17th century and the first prison dates from just after the
Cromwellian wars.
[after] a period of intense puritanism, reminiscent of
Cromwellian England" (143).
Now lumbering into the lists comes the New Model Five-Jog Knight--no, not some odd-gaited
Cromwellian cavalryman, but a new, improved, larger, shinier and more complete version of the vanquished old Five-Jog Knight (who now, in the newcomer's brilliance, seems a knight light indeed).
At a level of pretension that leaves one gasping, the British Pavilion takes seriousness to a new dimension of
Cromwellian piety.
"In the lovely old church, which was battered in the
Cromwellian wars, with its stained-glass windows, the two coffins were laid side-by-side."