What Did Cromwell Do to Deserve This?

Oliver Cromwell lost his head but only after he died in his bed. 

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PRODUCTION CREDITS

Editor & Graphics: Andy Windak
Production Coordinator: Sarah Chavez

SELECTED SOURCES/FURTHER READING

Fitzgibbons, Jonathan. CROMWELL'S HEAD. Bloomsbury Academic, 2008. 

[Mad_Rabbit]

And when the world needed her most

She returned

[mnk]

"What Did Cromwell Do to Deserve This?"
_*all of Ireland taking one deeeep loooong breath_ "Oh I am glad you asked. Now, let me tell you a story..."

[tabithacrouse]

When she said, "Tabitha who took AP European history" my jaw DROPPED 😅 She's literally speaking to me omg

[concettaworkman]

Caitlin, that outro was a banger. I couldn't take my eyes off, great effort. This whole video was a delight.

[o.mcneely]

Did Cromwell deserve this?

*Ireland has entered the chat* 🇮🇪

[theloverlyladylo]

He canceled Christmas, committed genocide, and tried to outlaw pie.

[Ariel-LikeTheMermaid]

“Sometimes you are filled with an unquenchable hatred but don’t have the resources for full assassination”
I feel so seen

[adam_p]

It’s now in Sidney Sussex college, Cambridge
To answer your question, the master is the only one who knows where it is.
I’m from Cambridge. We have plenty of other stories of decapitated corpses here.

[goblin]

I love the irony of a staunch Puritan like Cromwell getting a lavish, idolatrous funeral. He would have hated it, and that's hilarious.

[CandyBlog]

Not me in Ireland watching this and saying "Genocide, that's what he fockin did ." every other minute

[andreachristenson]

The fact that you keep putting “RE-ENACTMENT” is sending me.

[Cheesybiscuit]

Oh my god "The Lord Protector" during the credit song was so startling. I'm just jamming with headphones on and then y'all went binaural on me and I felt it IN my ear

[omiai]

My uncles last name was Cromwell. He would always make a point of saying 'we are NOT related to THAT Cromwell.'

[APrftCrclTempest]

I really appreciate the "26yrs til head' '19yrs til head' timeline notes 👍🏽

[CliffCardi]

Ireland: exists
Cromwell: “And I took that personally.”

[Raeikah]

I cannot even express how excited I was to see this update, and how deeply I adore your deep-dives into history. This was a spectacular video!

[phreakli]

🎶 Cromwell's head 🎶

Holy shit, that was a fever dream of an outro and I loved every second of it 😂

[KetsuekiRose]

I wanted to thank you, Caitlin for your work. It helped a lot when my partner's estranged mom died and the funeral home tried to get him to sign a contract for a $2500 cremation just to get a death certificate! Thanks to you, I recognized the scam and got him to go through the dept. of records. Thanks for your work!

[sirmintyclack]

24:37 I love how Cromwell's head out lasted the roof and was out back up when the roof was fixed. That is some definite commitment to punishment.

[davidjames]

So glad to see you back on YouTube, Caitlin!! Cromwell' head nearly achieved some kind of immortality.