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Question: Which side would have you taken
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King Charles I and Royalists		  
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Cromwell and the Parliamentarians		  
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« on: February 04, 2005, 12:28:51 PM »
Well...

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« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2005, 12:37:12 PM »
I know I'm supposed to support absolute monarchies, but Cromwell is one of my personal heros, and King Charles was one of the biggest dimwits in history, and there is also the religion issue,  so I would have gone with Cromwell.
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« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2005, 12:43:03 PM »
This was actually a difficult choice.  I remember in my English Civil War seminar back in college that we were asked who we support and I reluctantly have to support Parliament.  Many of the religious issues involved do not really concern me one way or the other though.
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« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2005, 12:51:08 PM »
Back in the mid-1980s, when I claimed to be Marxist (looking back I never was), I declared in sociology class that this Marxist had he been around in the 1640s, he would have fought for his King

I saw Cromwell as the champion of the bourgoeois interest and not the common man, while Charles I (however inept he was) was the paternalist trying to rule in the interests of all - so I'd have to say Charles I

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« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2005, 01:51:21 PM »
A true Leveller and Ranter here.
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« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2005, 09:32:08 PM »
I would have supported Charles.
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« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2005, 09:37:21 PM »
Charles, easily.
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« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2005, 10:11:11 PM »
Parliament, I suppose
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« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2005, 10:14:23 PM »
Angry Scots on one side, secret Catholic on the other....
I say Parliament, while Charles's family regained power soon after they dragged in more Catholics, Parliament needed to have the power it gained under Cromwell to dispose of them.
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« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2005, 10:16:38 PM »
Quote from: TN2024 on February 04, 2005, 10:14:23 PM
Angry Scots on one side, secret Catholic on the other....
I say Parliament, while Charles's family regained power soon after they dragged in more Catholics, Parliament needed to have the power it gained under Cromwell to dispose of them.

Not that it goes against being Welsh or a Tory......
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« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2005, 10:26:25 PM »
Cromwell

I'm a fan of the "William and Mary" monarchy, not the absolutist divine-righters of the pre-war period.
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« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2005, 10:39:32 PM »
Quote from: Tory on February 04, 2005, 10:26:25 PM
Cromwell

I'm a fan of the "William and Mary" monarchy, not the absolutist divine-righters of the pre-war period.

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« Reply #12 on: February 04, 2005, 10:40:39 PM »
Where does your family hail from in Wales, TN?
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« Reply #13 on: February 04, 2005, 10:44:42 PM »
Quote from: Tory on February 04, 2005, 10:40:39 PM
Where does your family hail from in Wales, TN?

Port Talbot- Aberavon
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« Reply #14 on: February 04, 2005, 10:48:15 PM »
Charles I, though I would have favored limiting royal power.
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« Reply #15 on: February 04, 2005, 10:50:12 PM »
Quote from: J. J. on February 04, 2005, 10:48:15 PM
Charles I, though I would have favored limiting royal power.

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« Reply #16 on: February 04, 2005, 10:50:36 PM »

Haven't been there, but I've been close. That area is quite nice. My mum's family is from Caerphilly, I spent most of my early years there. I still go as often as I can. Have you ever been?
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« Reply #17 on: February 04, 2005, 10:54:07 PM »
Quote from: Tory on February 04, 2005, 10:50:36 PM

Haven't been there, but I've been close. That area is quite nice. My mum's family is from Caerphilly, I spent most of my early years there. I still go as often as I can. Have you ever been?

Yeah, it is very nice, lots of history there. Yes been there a couple times, plan to go back soon.
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« Reply #18 on: February 04, 2005, 10:55:19 PM »
King Charles
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