# Oliver Cromwell
20 Facts About the Tragic Life of Charles I
England has had some truly woeful monarchs over the years. Ethelred the Unready somehow didn’t realise that paying the Vikings to stop every time they attacked his kingdom just encouraged them to…
These Abysmal Christmases in History Make us Grateful for the Cringey Family Gatherings
It’s late on Christmas Day. You’ve eaten way too much turkey and chocolate. Drinking booze and eggnog throughout the whole…
The Time Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans Declared War on the English Christmas
By the early seventeenth century, Christmas was one of the most important feasts in the English Calendar. It was a…
Don’t Mess With Karma: 12 Tyrants Who Got What Was Coming
Karma can be a bitch. The old adage that one lives by the sword and dies by the sword has…
Unmasking the Dead: 10 Eerie and Infamous Death Masks
Masks have been part of the ritual of death for millennia. Some, such as those of Egyptian pharaohs, were idealized…
How One Nobleman Brought Down Charles I and His Entire Army in 1645
The First English Civil War lasted from 1642 to 1646 and was the first of a trio of conflicts that…
Severed: The Strange Story of Oliver Cromwell’s Head
On September 3, 1658, Oliver Cromwell drew his last breath, bringing an end to his reign as "Lord Protector of…
Forget the Artists: The Top 8 Military Generals of the Renaissance
Most people learned about the Renaissance in school in the standard format that showed the greats in the arts like…
For King or Country? How the 3 English Civil Wars Were Won
The English Civil Wars were a series of conflicts between the Cavaliers (Royalists) and the Roundheads (Parliamentarians). As was the…