Short Parliament
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The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that was summoned by King Charles I of England on 20 February 1640 and sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640. It was so called because of its short session o
Sir John Glanville, Speaker
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
Short Parliament
…years of personal rule between 1629 and 1640, and on the advice of the Earl of Strafford, Charles recalled Parliament to obtain money to finance his on-going military struggle with Scotland. However, like its predecessors, the new parliament had more interest in redressing grievances than in voting the King funds for his war against the…
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