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Why is Oliver Cromwell noteworthy?

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Cromwell was a key figure – arguably the driving force – behind the trial and execution of King Charles I. This was the first time that a monarch had been deposed and put on trial by his own people, as opposed to being simply deposed by a rival royal

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