Talk:Commonwealth of England

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Does anyone know the significance the commonwealth had on English society?

Given that Cromwell was the first to unify the whole of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland - quite significant really! Also, the English tradition of religeous tolerance (i.e. the right of individuals to worship as they wished as opposed to a proscribed religion) was established - indeed was one of the issues at stake. However, not a historian, and have not got the source material, just watched a very good documentary a couple of weeks ago! Spenny 14:37, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

The bullet points are pretty annoying, and not how typical Wikipedia (or encyclopedia) articles should be written...

but the point is that something of use has been written and someone can clean it up ;) Spenny 14:37, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Talking of documentaries, the documentary suggested that Cromwell was made Lord Protector and did not make himself this position. The argument went that it was a means of comtaining his power - by making him a king-like figure, there was a constitutional framework which defined his king-like powers, whereas if he were not a king-like figure his powers were undefined and, by implication, unlimited. Spenny 14:42, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

1 Map
2 Wrong flag and wrong coat of arms
3 Quakers:
4 House of Commons and Commonwealth of England?

[edit] Map

Since, as the flag indicates, the Commonwealth (at least claimed it) covered England and Scotland, and also had control over Ireland, the map that was added to this page was totally anachronistic and missing the point totally. Morwen - Talk 11:07, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wrong flag and wrong coat of arms

The flag and coat of arms on this page are both incorrect. The coat of arms of the Commonwealth was based on the royal coat of arms and contained the crown (ironically, given that Cromwell had had the crown melted down!) AFAIK the coat of arms here is Cromwell's personal one, not his one as Lord Protector and not the Commonwealth one. FearÉIREANN\^(caint) 00:32, 30 January 2006 (UTC)