God's Instruments: Political Conduct in the England of Oliver Cromwell

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 18; p. 148
• Main Author: Mahlberg, Gaby
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2014
• Subjects: British & Irish literature; Bunyan, John (1628-1688); English literature; Politics

Chapter 6 on 'Cromwell and the Protectorate' continues on this theme, focusing on the 'persistent ambiguity' (p. 233) that overshadowed the rule of a man who was a king and not a king, who adhered to republican forms, while slowly adopting a royal style, and who was hated not jus...