The Protector

This is a masterful biography of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), an English general and statesman who led the Parliament of England 's armies against King Charles I during the English Civil War and ruled the British Isles as Lord Protector from 1653 until his death.

While Protestants and Catholics will differ dramatically on his actions and legacy, Oliver Cromwell is here presented as a hero to the world, as a Christian to Christians. He interfered violently in public affairs and disturbed the constitutional order of the state. This was his fault—a fault that saved his country.

This volume is authored by J.H. Merle D'Aubigne (1794-1872), a Swiss Protestant minister and historian of the Reformation. D'Aubigne was a master writer of history who received a Doctor of Divinity from the College of Princeton, New Jersey, and later from the Theological Faculty of the University of Berlin.

Table of Contents: 

1. Cromwell's Private Life
2. Cromwell's Parliamentary Life
3. Schism Between the King and the Parliament
4. Schism Between the Parliament and the Army
5. Death of the King
6. Ireland
7. Scotland
8. The Protectorate
9. Organization of Church and State
10. Religious Liberty
11. Morality, Glory, and Antipopery of England
12. Defender of the Faith 
13. The Kingship
14. Last Parliament and Death of the Protector