Offering the Crown to Cromwell: King Oliver? Patrick Little Asks Why Parliament Offered the Infamous Regicide the Crown of England, to What Extent He Was Tempted to Take It-And Why He Finally Turned It DownIf his highness can be moved to accept of it [the crown], the services he hath ...
and petition they did. Significantly, when people petitioned, Parliament listened. It is this more than anything that reflects the defeat of absolutism, the empowerment of a fairly broad segment of society, and the rise of pluralism in England after 1688. The frantic petitioning activity shows ...