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Oliver Cromwell Dissolving the Long Parliament is a 1782 history painting by the American-born British artist Benjamin West. It depicts the Long Parliament being forcibly dissolved by Oliver Cromwell his soldiers on 20 April 1653 during the Commonwealth of England. Cromwell then assumed the role of Lord Protector until his death in 1658. [1]
"20 April Cromwell's Dissolution of the Rump Parliament". Chambers' Book of Days. (With a shortened version of Cromwell's speech). Cromwell, Oliver (20 April 2003) [20 April 1653]. "Cromwell's Dissolution of the Rump Parliament". Archived from the original on 1 December 2005. (with a fuller version of Cromwell's speech) Ludlow, Edmund (1894).
Cromwell was so angered by this that he cleared the chamber and dissolved the Parliament by force on 20 April 1653, supported by about 40 musketeers. Several accounts exist of this incident; in one, Cromwell is supposed to have said "you are no Parliament, I say you are no Parliament; I will put an end to your sitting". [75]
Oliver Cromwell was a sympathiser until 1653, when many fifth Monarchists opposed his creation of The Protectorate. Members believed the execution of Charles I in January 1649 marked the end of the Fourth Monarchy and viewed the Protectorate and 1660 Stuart Restoration as preventing the coming of the Fifth.
D. L. Smith, ‘Oliver Cromwell, the first Protectorate Parliament and religious reform’ in Parliamentary History 19 (2000); T.A. Wilson & F.J. Merli, 'Naylor's case and the dilemma of the Protectorate' in University of Birmingham Historical Journal 10 (1965-6); and C.H. Firth, 'Cromwell and the crown' in English Historical Review 17 & 18 ...
Parliament was in no mood to heed his warning and continued to disagree among themselves, so on 4 February 1658 Cromwell dissolved Parliament. [6] After Oliver Cromwell's death in September 1658, those in the funeral procession who had noble titles under the ancient regime were so called (for example Edward, Earl of Manchester); those who had ...
In January 1655, Cromwell dissolved the first Protectorate Parliament, ushering in a period of military Rule of the Major-Generals. The Instruments of Government was replaced in May 1657 by England's second, and last, codified constitution, the Humble Petition and Advice .
The Instrument of Government was adopted by the Council of Officers on 15 December 1653 and Oliver Cromwell was installed as Lord Protector on the following day. In January 1655, Cromwell dissolved the first Protectorate Parliament, ushering in a period of military rule by the Major Generals.