▁it ▁needed ▁for ▁surv ival , ▁so ▁it ▁opposed ▁radical ▁ideas . ▁In ▁the ▁latter , ▁that ▁r uling ▁class ▁domin ated ▁through ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁traditional ▁regional ▁gent ry . ▁ ▁Historical ▁analysis ▁The ▁Inter reg num ▁was ▁a ▁relatively ▁short ▁but ▁important ▁period ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁Is les . ▁It ▁saw ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁political ▁experiments ▁without ▁any ▁stable ▁form ▁of ▁government ▁emer ging , ▁largely ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁wide ▁divers ity ▁in ▁religious ▁and ▁political ▁groups ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁allowed ▁to ▁fl our ish ▁after ▁the ▁reg ic ide ▁of ▁Charles ▁I . ▁ ▁The ▁Pur itan ▁movement ▁had ▁evol ved ▁as ▁a ▁re jection ▁of ▁both ▁real ▁and ▁perce ived ▁" C atholic isation " ▁of ▁the ▁Church ▁of ▁England . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁Church ▁of ▁England ▁was ▁quickly ▁dis est ab lished ▁by ▁the ▁Commonwealth ▁Government , ▁the ▁question ▁of ▁what ▁church ▁to ▁establish ▁became ▁a ▁hot ly ▁deb ated ▁subject . ▁In ▁the ▁end , ▁it ▁was ▁impossible ▁to ▁make ▁all ▁the ▁political ▁fa ctions ▁happy . ▁During ▁the ▁Inter reg num , ▁Oliver ▁C rom well ▁lost ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁support ▁he ▁had ▁gained ▁during ▁the ▁Civil ▁War . ▁Edward ▁Sex by , ▁previously ▁a ▁supp orter ▁of ▁C rom well ' s , ▁felt ▁dis enf ranch ised ▁by ▁C rom well ' s ▁failure ▁to ▁abol ish ▁the ▁arist ocracy . ▁In ▁ 1 6 5 7 , ▁Sil ius ▁Tit us ▁called ▁for ▁C rom well ' s ▁assass ination