The turbulent eleven years known as the “Interregnum” (from the Latin for inter “between” and regnum “reign”) was the only period in English history to not have a ruling monarch. It was an age of suspicion and paranoia. A king had been executed, Parliament and the New Model Army jockeyed for power, and Puritanical fanaticism took hold. The Interregnum took place in two effective periods: the Commonwealth (1649-1653) wherein power was largely concentrated in the hands of Parliament, and the Protectorate (153-1659) wherein Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard took power with the support of the military as the Lords Protectorate.
After the shocking beheading of Charles I, England became a nominal republic. Abroad on the Continent, the monarchs of Europe looked on in horror as England committed regicide, but not a single European monarch offered military support to Charles. In London, a statue of Charles was cast down with…
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