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The Pearl of Great Price
A short daily trip down the lane of Christian History. Looking at the fascinating people and events that have shaped a universal civilisation.
The Pearl of Great Price
Jan 30 - Oliver Cromwell and two executions
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Tim Byron
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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Today in 1661, Oliver Cromwell's dead body was exhumed and beheaded in revenge for his execution of King Charles I on Jan 30 in 1649. We look at how Cromwells puritanism motivated him, his disputed legacy, and Englands brief experiment with republicanism