Was the Cromwellian Protectorate a military dictatorship?

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Was the Cromwellian Protectorate a military dictatorship?

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Nov 27, 2006

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Professor Barry Coward, President of the Historical Association and the Cromwell Association discusses the nature of the republican government of Britain's most controversial head of state.

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Nov 27, 2006

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