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ronfirv — 13 years ago(March 06, 2013 01:44 PM)

I remember watching this film on tv in the 80's ; my elderly mother was horrified watching the execution scene, as if it had recently happened.
My late mother was a Royalist and believed in the divine right of Monarchy, hence you can well imagine her opinion of OC and his followers.
Even today, I believe his statue's position outside Westminster Hall is, shall we say, misplaced and should be moved to a less prominent position.

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I am not a historian but I am English. I would just like to point out that this film is not as historically accurate as some might think. If you take a look at the 'goofs' section for it then you will see some dates for events and such are in accurate, therefore skewing peoples understanding of history through movies.

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by - April221968;
"His corpse was dug up and hung from a yard iron, that's how much they loved him."
Yes. I'll present my personal opinion and impressions about this which I don't claim is perfectly accurate.

  • Public opinion (as represented by Parliament) went strongly against the Cromwell regime soon after his death.
  • This is why with Parliament's blessing, Cromwell's body was dug up and mutilated.
    After all, Cromwell became a dictator (backed by the army, while he obsessed on religion). He never fully accepted a Parliamentary system having dissolved the Rump Parliament and the First Protectorate Parliament.
  • Because Cromwell did not fully accept a Parliament, he was never able to over see the creation of a constitution to replace the current English system.
  • So, he was a man who set himself above the written law. He became the law.
  • So, why is Cromwell popular among certain English nationalists? Imo it is due to Cromwell being a "winner" in terms of extreme English nationalism.
  • From an extreme POV, Cromwell crushed the Scots and the Irish and that is considered "good" by certain extremists.
  • From a broader nationalist perspective (for instance from Churchil), Cromwell had a lot of victories and brought glory to England.
  • In some ways Cromwell is to England what Napoleon is to France.
  • Both came to power during civil war and internal chaos.
  • Both had many victories on the battlefield.
  • Both were part of the overthrow of the monarchy.
  • Both became tyrants.
    And both are revered by many nationalists in their respective countries.
    (Though Napoleon obviously has a much greater place of honor in France compared with Cromwell in England.)
  • Anyway, that's just my personal POV. No offense was intended.
    BB 😉
    it's just in my opinion - imo -
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