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Thomas Cromwell, Baron Cromwell (/ ˈ k r ɒ m w əl,-w ɛ l /; [1] [a] c. 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English statesman and lawyer who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false charges for the execution.
The work was painted as a reaction against Paul Delaroche's Cromwell and Charles I [], exhibited at the 1831 Paris Salon, the first to be held after the July Revolution and Louis-Philippe I's seizure of power – Delacroix's own Liberty Leading the People had been exhibited at the same Salon.
The Other House (also referred to as the Upper House, House of Peers and House of Lords), established by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Humble Petition and Advice, was one of the two chambers of the parliaments that legislated for England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, in 1658 and 1659, the final years of the Protectorate.
Cromwell with the Coffin of Charles I (Delacroix, 1831): a troubled Cromwell, who accidentally stumbled upon the coffin, uncovers his head, keeps his distance, and is unsure whether to approach or leave. The painting depicts how Oliver Cromwell, during the English Civil War, opens the coffin of Charles I in Whitehall to
Oliver Cromwell (1869, translated into English as King, "By the Grace of God") by Julius Rodenberg, focuses on Cromwell's involvement in Charles I's trial. Rodenberg's novel depicts Cromwell as a harsh but just ruler. [3] Miriam Cromwell, Royalist (1897) by Dora Greenwell McChesney, is a novel focusing on Cromwell's relationship with his niece ...
It’s just the presence of paranormal or spiritual activity,” he says. “There can be the 'mom-and-pop' garden variety, non-malicious, non-malevolent haunting. Absolutely.
Baron Cromwell: [1] Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell (c. 1520–1551) Henry Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell (1538–1592) Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell (c. 1560–1607) Thomas Cromwell, 4th Baron Cromwell (1594–1653) (created 1st Viscount Lecale in 1624 and 1st Earl of Ardglass in 1645) Wingfield Cromwell, 5th Baron Cromwell (1624–1668)
Thomas Cromwell was Chief Minister to King Henry VIII of England from 1534 to 1540. He played a prominent role in the important events of Henry's reign, including the king's divorce from Catherine of Aragon, the execution of Anne Boleyn, the marriage to Anne of Cleves, the Dissolution of the monasteries, and the English Reformation.