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[[File:Oliver Cromwell.jpg|thumb|220px|right|A painting of Oliver Cromwell]]
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'''Oliver Cromwell '''was an english politician and military leader and later Lord Protector of England. After the death of Charles I after the English Civil War Cromwell ruled England under religious rule and banned several things including:
{{Villain_Infobox
|Image = Oliver Cromwell.jpg
|fullname = Oliver Cromwell
|alias = Old Noll<br>Old Ironsides<br>Puritan Moses<br>
|origin = Kingdom of England
|occupation = Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
|type of villain = Sophisticated Warlord
|goals = Turn the Commonwealth into a theocracy<br>Outlaw the Catholic Church<br>Get rid of the Irish Catholics (all failed)
|crimes = Abuse of Power<br>[[Mass murder]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>Corruption<br>Fanaticism<br>Tyranny<br>[[Misogyny]]
|hobby =kill people |skills = Political power<br>Leadership}}
{{Quote|I desire not to keep my place in this government an hour longer than I may preserve England in its just rights, and may protect the people of God in such a just liberty of their consciences.|Cromwell as he dissolves the First Protectorate Parliament.}}
'''Oliver Cromwell''' (April 25<sup>th</sup>, 1599 - September 3<sup>rd</sup>, 1658) was a military leader and later Lord Protector of England. After the execution of [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] in the aftermath of the English Civil War, Cromwell ruled England under religious rule and banned several things including:


*Christmas
*Christmas
*Easter
*Halloween
*Theatre
*Theatre
*Pubs
*Pubs
*Sport
*Sport
*Make up
*Make up
*Hot food on a sunday
*Hot food on a Sunday
*All music, even church hymns (although he secretly enjoyed listening to it)
*All music, including church hymns (although he secretly enjoyed listening to music in private)
*Bear bating, and other forms of entertainment
*Bear bating and other forms of entertainment
*Swearing
*Swearing
*Public kissing
*Public kissing
*Going to church on Christmas day
*Going to church on Christmas day
Cromwell used his army to police the country and enforce these laws, harsh punishments were administered to anyone who dared break them. He also sort to destroy Catholic influence in England, hence why he outlawed Christmas. Upon his invasion of Ireland to prevent the future King Charles II gaining an army there, he went on a near genocial campain to exterminate the Irish, whipping out upto one quater of the population through warfare, extermination and famine caused by burning there crops. To this day mentioning Cromwells name in Ireland is likely to prevoke a violent reaction.


Cromwell however did do some good things , he removed much of the feudal influence from the country. Although he did not make it democratic as some have claimed, he quickly got rid of Palliment when the disagreed with him(the exact same thing that King Charles I had done to start the civil war). He was also a skilled General and is considered one of the best English Millitary leaders ever, as such he is often held by the scholars to be ranked with likes of Malborough and Wellington. He also invited the Jews back to England, following them being kicked out almost 400 years earlier by King Edward I.
Cromwell used his army to police the country and enforce these laws, with harsh punishments being administered to anyone who dared to violate said laws. He also sought to destroy Catholic influence in England, hence the reason he outlawed Christmas. Upon his invasion of Ireland to prevent the future King Charles II gaining an army there, he went on a near [[Genocide|genocidal]] campaign to exterminate the Irish Catholics in what's known as the [[Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland]], wiping out unto one quarter of the population through warfare, extermination and famine caused by burning their crops. To this day, mentioning Cromwell's name in Ireland is likely to provoke a violent reaction despite this Cromwell protected Irish Protestants and some Irish who surrendered to his rule such as Clonmel where he made his troops treat the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Clonmel townspeople and Irish property with respect] , he saw the massacre of the Irish Catholics as revenge or judgement for what the Irish Catholics did to Protestants during the Irish Rebellion Of 1641.


After his death he was buried but when King Charles II came back to power his body was [[wikipedia:Exhumation|dug up]], hung in chains and beheaded.
Cromwell however did do some good things, such as removing much of the feudal influence from the country. Although he did not make it democratic as some have claimed, he quickly got rid of Parliament when the disagreed with him (the exact same thing that King Charles I had done to start the civil war). He was also a skilled General and is considered one of the best English Millitary leaders ever, as such he is often held by the scholars to be ranked with likes of Malborough and Wellington. He also invited the Jews back to England, following them being kicked out almost 400 years earlier by King Edward I.


==Culture==
Cromwell died on September 3<sup>rd</sup>, 1658 at the age of 59 in Whitehall, likely due to malaria.


*In Horrible Histories Cromwell along with Charles I played by [[wikipedia:Mathew Baynton|Mathew Baynton]] he sings [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/clips/p00j44p1 The English Civil War Song]. In sketches as well as this song he is played by [[wikipedia:Lawry Lewin|Lawry Lewin]].
After his death, he was buried. However, when King Charles II came back to power his body was [[wikipedia:Exhumation|dug up]], hung in chains and beheaded.


==Triva==


[[File:Horrible histories oliver cromwell and charles the 2nd.avi|thumb|right|335 px]]
*In Horrible Histories Cromwell along with Charles I played by [[wikipedia:Mathew Baynton|Mathew Baynton]] he sings [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/clips/p00j44p1 The English Civil War Song]. In sketches as well as this song, he is played by [[wikipedia:Lawry Lewin|Lawry Lewin]].
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*In a 2002 BBC poll in Britain, Cromwell was selected as one of the ten greatest Britons of all time
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