03.30 - Barebone's Parliament
The Nominated Assembly meets, but soon upsets everyone.
Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire
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Show Notes
After the dissolution of the Rump Parliament, Oliver Cromwell and the Council of Officers decide on a new government. A new assembly - not an elected parliament - would be summoned, ordered to carry out the reforms long neglected by the Rump and to prepare a new parliament. It is given sixteen months to do this.
It won't last six months.
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This episode could not have been written without the following works:
- Martyn Bennet, Oliver Cromwell, 2006.
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