Oliver Cromwell is quite a particular figure in the course of English history. Under his scope of action as second commander-in-chief, The Stuarts were overthrown and, after the emblematic execution of King Charles in 1641, a new system of government emerged. After the King's execution, his office was abolished and a new regime was imposed upon England, a territory that was governed as a Free State (Commonwealth). This new power derived from the peoples' supreme authority and was embodied in the Parliament Members and executed by them. This new Parliament inherited the most powerful position ever, since there were neither a King nor a House of Lord to restrain its scope of action. Some people wanted Oliver Cromwell to become the new King of the Commonwealth, but he had no intention whatsoever in taking that offer. Nonetheless, he accepted the title of Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, and, from that point on, he tried to build the new state on a more permanent, long-lasting, unalterable basis. Two documents were passed at that time, which are the closest to a version of the written Constitution England never had: The Instrument of Government and the Humble Petition and Advice. Pursuant to those legal devices, unlimited powers were restricted, a check and balance system and more transparent veto entitlements were introduced, and religious freedom was guaranteed to Christians (Catholics not included, though) and other cults, to the extent that even Jews were permitted to return to English soil, and membership of the state church was not a qualification for entry to the universities, the professions and public offices (as it was the case until 1660). He championed a degree of religious freedom otherwise unknown in England before in the last one hundred years; but the experiment he led collapsed within two years as from his death. As Schultz acknowledges "he was neither intolerant of other faiths nor a puritan in the narrow sense." As it also happened during Henry II's reign with his endeavor of harmonizing a legal system comprised of vague and heterogeneous acts and provisions, Cromwell's main aim was to create a state apparatus in terms of Althusser to achieve a sense of long-lasting unity. However, his first Parliament was of a different opinion and intended to retain political happening under its control by amending the Cons