Cromwell’s letters to the English Parliament

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17th-century document correspondence historical document primary source

Cromwell’s letters to the English Parliament are firsthand 17th-century documents in which Oliver Cromwell reports and justifies his military actions and policies during the Irish campaign, including the storming of Drogheda.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	17th-century document ⓘ correspondence ⓘ historical document ⓘ primary source ⓘ
addressee	Parliament of England ⓘ surface form: English Parliament House of Commons of England ⓘ
author	Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
contains	appeals to God’s will and judgment ⓘ justifications for severity at Drogheda ⓘ references to divine providence ⓘ reports of casualties and surrenders ⓘ
creator	Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
dateWritten	17th century ⓘ
describesEvent	Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ surface form: Cromwell’s Irish campaign (1649–1650) massacres at Drogheda and Wexford ⓘ military sieges in Ireland ⓘ Siege of Wexford ⓘ surface form: siege of Wexford (1649) Siege of Drogheda ⓘ surface form: storming of Drogheda (1649)
genre	military report ⓘ political correspondence ⓘ religious-political rhetoric ⓘ
historicalSignificance	central to debates about Cromwell’s responsibility for atrocities in Ireland ⓘ important evidence for Parliamentarian perspectives on Ireland ⓘ key primary source for Cromwell’s Irish campaign ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ Parliament of England ⓘ surface form: English Parliament Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ surface form: Irish campaign of Oliver Cromwell Parliamentarian military policy ⓘ Puritan providentialism ⓘ justification of military actions ⓘ religious interpretation of warfare ⓘ Siege of Wexford ⓘ surface form: siege of Wexford Siege of Drogheda ⓘ surface form: storming of Drogheda
perspective	Parliamentarian ⓘ Protestant ⓘ
purpose	to influence parliamentary opinion ⓘ to justify military policies ⓘ to provide official accounts of campaigns ⓘ to report military actions ⓘ
relatedTo	Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ English Civil War correspondence ⓘ Parliamentarian propaganda in the 1640s and 1650s ⓘ
timePeriod	Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ English Civil War ⓘ surface form: English Civil Wars Interregnum ⓘ surface form: Interregnum (England)
usedAsSourceBy	biographers of Oliver Cromwell ⓘ historians of the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland ⓘ scholars of early modern British politics ⓘ

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Siege of Drogheda → hasPrimarySource → Cromwell’s letters to the English Parliament ⓘ