The Army Purged Parliament, but It Was High Time They Made Their Triumphant Return

With the king dead, it was high time they made their triumphant return. Just because the army had purged parliament didn't mean that the rump was a puppet of the army. Being anti charles enough to have survived pride's purge did not necessarily make you totally pro army. But as i just hinted, the relationship between the new model army and the rump parliament was not so clear cut. The second mutiny got going after cromwell had been ointed by the rump to take up that eternally put off problem of the rebellion in ireland. With fairfax continuing to withdraw from public affairs he did not support the trial and execution of charles oliver.