God's Executioner by Micheál Ó Siochrú
Cromwell spent only nine months of his eventful life in Ireland, yet he stands accused there of war crimes, religious persecution and ethnic cleansing. In a century of unrelenting, bloody warfare and religious persecution throughout Europe, Cromwell was, in many ways, a product of his times. As commander-in-chief of the army in Ireland, however, the responsibilities for the excesses of the military must be laid firmly at his door, while the harsh nature of the post-war settlement also bears his personal imprint. A warrior of Christ, somewhat like the crusaders of medieval Europe, he acted as God's executioner, convinced throughout the horrors of the legitimacy of his cause, and striving to build a better world for the chosen few.
Micheál Ó Siochrú is a native of Dublin, lectures in history at Trinity College, Dublin and has written extensively on seventeenth-century Ireland. His publications include Confederate Ireland 1642-1649: A constitutional and political analysis (Dublin, 1999) and Kingdoms in crisis: Ireland in the 1640s (Dublin, 2001).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571218462 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571218466 |
| Title | God's Executioner |
| Author | Micheál Ó Siochrú |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2009-06-04 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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