Jonathan Fitzgibbons studied Modern History as an undergraduate at Balliol College, Oxford, obtaining a First Class degree. He has published articles on the Cromwellian Protectorate and was winner of the Cromwell Association Essay Prize in 2005. He is currently writing a doctoral thesis on Cromwell and the final years of the Protectorate, from his refusal of the Crown and lavish state funeral to the manipulation of his image and reputation after death.