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He is the definition of fun police. Also the murder, starvation and general oppression of indigenous populations.

some added contextTechnically he is not directly responsible for all of these things but in all cases played some role. Death to the great man theory of history and so on.

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[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thanks!

My websearches also indicate that many of the deeds ascribed to Cromwell weren't necesarily his personal doing, e.g. christmas and theater were already banned when he came into power. Puritans really didn't like fun, like in general. Kind of annoying that no

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

PETERS, JULIE STONE. “Staging the Last Judgment in the Trial of Charles I.” Representations, no. 143 (2018): 1–35. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26504449.

This is the best I can find in regard to perspectives of King Charles I as an idolator. If there is an account of Cromwell directly accusing Charles I of Idolatry I couldn't find it easily.

As for the rest I found this

His destruction of idols and statues largely happened in Ireland but also occurred in England source

As for closing bars, his administration did this but not all bars, just ones that were "unlicensed and disorderly" source

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