Actually, it went both ways, especially in England and Ireland. Oliver Cromwell’s stated intent in Ireland was to drive all Catholics “To Hell Or Connacht” (the harsh, unfertile western part), and sold over 100,00 Irish Catholics into slavery in the West Indies.
Persecution is one area where neither side should claim clean hands.
I do not disagree. Cromwell did many bad things...
Actually, it went both ways, especially in England and Ireland. Oliver Cromwell’s stated intent in Ireland was to drive all Catholics “To Hell Or Connacht” (the harsh, unfertile western part), and sold over 100,00 Irish Catholics into slavery in the West Indies.Persecution is one area where neither side should claim clean hands.
I'm currently listening through Carl Trueman's Reformation history class (Westminster Seminary, via ITunes U).
The goings on during the Reformation era are as clean as popular Protestant hagiography would have it. They were messy. Especially the English reformation.