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Amen, Sam; you're absolutely right about the Puritans. I've also listened to this complete series; it's truly insightful. This is one of the best; most accessible audio series on the History of the Reformation that I've ever heard. I imagine that you'll learn more than you ever knew before regarding Oliver Cromwell; but also regarding the Reformation itself.

I use to be quite an Anglophile, so it has taken some time to break that from my thinking and realize that the English were not perfect – far from it, especially how they treated the Scots and the Irish. With that said I don’t accept the modern view that the Irish and Scots are victims of history. Irish armies invaded England numerous times hoping to bring their Papist thinking and force it down the English throat. An even view of Scottish history shows that their greatest enemy was themselves. Their nobles invited English kings to interfere in their affairs – what did they expect that would lead to? Scottish kings also considered the North Umbria fair game – and invaded that region countless times, hoping to add its lands to their kingdom. Sort of a separate topic, but I’m really into Scottish and English history at the moment.