Dr Rachel Gibbons explains the life and legacy of Oliver Cromwell.
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Oliver Cromwell
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Marston Moor marked the start of a new, deeper phase of the war
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The Parliamentarians sailed close to split after defeat at Newbury and Donnington
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A personal slight and a desire to loot shoes cost the Royalists Marston Moor
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Inspired by Cromwell, and in the face of possible defeat, a new approach was needed by Parliament
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It was to be a year in which the vector of victory would swoop round: 1645
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The Royalists were facing a rout in the heartlands of England by December 1645
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Inspired by Cromwell, and in the face of possible defeat, a new approach was needed by Parliament
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Parliament wouldn't be Parliament without a few splits and divisions
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Fair pay, and a freedom from meddling MPs formed the heart of Cromwell's plans for a New Model Army
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Could a lack of funds have been the key role in the conversion of Oliver Cromwell?
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As the figurehead of the struggle, a lot came down to Charles' tactics and personality
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Charles' attempts to rule three kingdoms as one explains the Scottish Origins of the Civil War
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The Short and Long Parliaments provided a forum for discontent - and so the crisis escalated
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Not having been born to the throne, there were many mistakes in the early reign of Charles I
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With Parliamentarian armies occupied in England, Royalist forces made short work of Scottish opponents and had a year of miracles
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With stalemate in Wales, the stakes were raised for the war in the West Country
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A head of state who wasn't born to the job? Cromwell led the country into new territory.
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It was to be short, but brutal: the Second Civil War
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