Wednesday, November 19, 2008
The King v. Parliment
The English Civil War was interesting because through all the battles and different leaders that came into play, in the end there was still a King and there was still parliment. Charles I tried so hard to fight parliment but always seemed to be on the losing end, while I thought Cromwell was helping out parliment, he ends up turning against them and forcibly getting rid of them as a whole and become Lord Protector of the Commonwealth. So we go from two entities battling for power when its the third unknown that actually wins. The funny thing is Cromwells son blows it and runs off allowing Charles II to become King. All of sudden we have royalty and parliment all existing together again, once again disagreeing, but not the same extent as the last time. Although its not till later that Parliment seems to have more control, its entertaining to see all the shifting that happens just to see it come back around.
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I thought this aspect of the reading was ironic as well. Sort of felt like the readings that we read during the Roman times. The use of armed forces to overpower the pariliment seem earily similar to how power was acheived in Rome. It seems to follow the "whose gonna stop me" line of thought. For Chromwell to build up his son to become the King (while not becomming King himself) only to have his meek son give it all up and reduce the state to what Chromwell was fighting against was simply an ironic twist.
Interesting, the richest and somewhat rich are fighting yet again, that seems to be a constant in early times.
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