Rewriting Cromwell
A Case of Deafening Silences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5301917 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Morrill (Selwyn College, Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 553-578 |
| Publication date | 2003-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4107 • E-ISSN: 2292-8502 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cjh.38.3.553 |
| OpenAlex | W2097291058 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This essay revisits the life of Oliver Cromwell and offers new perspectives on his emergence from provincial obscurity up to and beyond his 40th birthday to become one of Britain's most brilliant generals, a king-killer, and one of the most controversial heads of state. It looks at the silence of the records and seeks to interrogate that silence: the silence that lies behind texts that are so meretricious to have lain unused; texts that used coded language that need to be explained, and the silence that is imposed by the winners but which draws attention to itself and is capable of revealing the secrets it seeks to hide. The essay offers major new interpretations of Cromwell's (radical) life before 1640, of his role at the Putney Debates and in the trial and execution of Charles I, and of how close attention to his biblical rhetoric reveals important aspects of his thought and action
Action (physics · Aesthetics · Art · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Rewriting · Rhetoric · Silence · Sociology · State (computer science · Computer Science · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |