Cromwell carried out a number of massacres in Ireland. He was a military dictator who used troops to shut 'the mother of parliaments' and held deeply bigoted views of Roman Catholics. He breeched the accepted natural law of the day when he participated in the execution of a King. He then tried to have his son succeed him as Lord Protector (effectively King). His new state was a complete failure and King [[Charles II]] was invited back to reign. | Cromwell carried out a number of massacres in Ireland. He was a military dictator who used troops to shut 'the mother of parliaments' and held deeply bigoted views of Roman Catholics. He breeched the accepted natural law of the day when he participated in the execution of a King. He then tried to have his son succeed him as Lord Protector (effectively King). His new state was a complete failure and King [[Charles II]] was invited back to reign. |