Bishops' Wars
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The Bishops' Wars were two wars fought in 1639 and 1640 between Charles I and his Covenanter opponents in Scotland. They were the first of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, that also include the First a
The Signing of the National Covenant in Greyfriars Kirkyard by William Allan, 1838
Riots over the Prayer book, allegedly sparked by Jenny Geddes
Covenanter political leader, the Marquess of Argyll
Alexander Leslie; Covenanter military commander
Covenanters
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Covenanters were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who supported a Presbyterian Church of Scotland and the primacy of its leaders in religious affairs. It originated
Bishops' Wars
…The Bishops' Wars were two wars fought in 1639 and 1640 between Charles I and his Covenanter opponents in Scotland. They were the first of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, that also include the First and Second English Civil Wars, the Irish…
John Knox, who founded the reformed Church of Scotland, or kirk