The 'execution' of Oliver Cromwell

Published: May 3, 2023, 9 a.m.

In 1661 in England, following the restoration of the monarchy, the body of Oliver Cromwell was dug up for ritual execution.

Cromwell had overthrown King Charles I and ruled as Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.

In 2014, Vincent Dowd spoke to civil war historian Charles Spencer.

(Photo: The death mask of Oliver Cromwell. Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)