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This is possibly the most confusing and nonsensical period in English history. When you start throwing in the Scottish connections and the protestant vs catholi
by thrower123 7y ago
This is possibly the most confusing and nonsensical period in English history. When you start throwing in the Scottish connections and the protestant vs catholic swirls, it is very difficult to keep track of anything.
- duxup 7y agoWhen I read about it I can't help but wonder if the regular populous were also a bit confused.
- derriz 7y agoWell if you were Irish - who had been subjects of the deposed king - it's probably unlikely that "confused" would capture your feelings. Estimates vary widely among historians when it comes to proportion of the Irish population that perished during the Cromwellian conquest but the numbers range from 25% to 80%.
- duxup 7y agoI feel like historically speaking as far as Ierland goes if they're not being abused we don't really hear about them... so really any event is bad.
- throwawaymanbot 7y agoreel your neck in fella!!!!
- CinchWrench 7y agoIndeed, I have ancestors involved in this genocide and they don't seem to be the type that would have any loyalty to London. So who exactly is it coming after the irish and why?
- dane-pgp 7y agoTo give an example of a specific estimate, here is one claim: "Throughout the early 1650’s Cromwell’s troops practiced a policy of scorched earth in Ireland which lead to the death by starvation and other causes of at least 200,000 and possibly as many as 600,000 in a total population of 2 million." https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1187&context=utpp https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=118...