The Interregnum and Oliver Cromwell in Ireland
Subject Knowledge: Religious Policy
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Subject Knowledge: Ireland
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Subject Knowledge: Intolerance for All
- Although strongly religious, Cromwell was, in principle, more indulgent to the sects than the Rump had been.
- As dictator, however, he found dissent threatening. The flow of Puritan emigrants from England not only continued but intensified.
- Not that Puritans could be any happier in an England whose government had puritanised every aspect of everyday life.
- Sacred images and statues in the old cathedrals were destroyed. Theatres, inns, and other haunts of immorality were closed, and restrictions placed on Sunday games and ‘pagan’ festivals.
- Christmas was not abolished as such, although so many of the associated celebrations were indeed outlawed that Christmas Day became a day like any other day.
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