Why did Oliver Cromwell decide to go to war against the king?

He also tried to smooth things between Parliament and the army in 1647 when the army mutinied and refused to disband. He played a prominent part in the second Civil War. Here are the most important changes that Oliver Cromwell instituted. read more

Oliver Cromwell did not decide to go to war against the King. Even before Cromwell entered Parliament, there was a group of MPs led by John Pimm who were already homing in on the misrule and the illegal actions of the Monarchs. J. K. Hosmer in his biography of Sir Henry Vane the younger actually has Cromwell on the King's side in the Little Parliament. read more

Cromwell was an extreme Puritan (known as Independents at the time). He was against the High Anglicanism of Charles,and against the idea that Charles had of the Divine Right of KIngs. So,when the English Civil War began in 1642,Cromwell joined the Parliament side to fight on their behalf. read more

Cromwell was asked to go to war against King Charles. Cromwell's friends said it was justified in the eyes of God. Cromwell made his famous quote; "Every man who wages war believes God to be on his side. read more