Life under Cromwell: everything you wanted to know
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What Made Soldiers Follow Oliver Cromwell Into Battle?
Oliver Cromwell's got three characteristics which make him a superb military leader, Oliver Revolutionary Army. The first is that he's incredibly intelligent and incredibly charismatic. But also he's got an ideological pull because he's totally committed to a religious system based on freedom of conscience. And when they end up dominating Parliament's army, they begin reshaping the nation.
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