Barebone's Parliament

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Barebone's Parliament was a short-lived, radical Puritan assembly that governed England in 1653 following the Rump Parliament and just before Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate.

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Label Occurrences
Barebone's Parliament canonical 16
Little Parliament 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English Parliament ⓘ
Puritan assembly ⓘ
historical legislature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Little Parliament ⓘ
Nominated Assembly ⓘ
Parliament of Saints ⓘ
appointedBy Council of Officers ⓘ
capital London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
convenedBy Army Council ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
country England ⓘ
demographicComposition largely gentry and lesser landowners ⓘ
dissolutionMethod members voted to resign power ⓘ
dissolvedBy Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
endDate 1653-12-12 ⓘ
era mid-17th century ⓘ
followedBy First Protectorate Parliament ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of the Commonwealth of England ⓘ
governmentType unwritten constitution ⓘ
headOfStateDuring Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
historicalContext English Commonwealth ⓘ
historicalPeriod Interregnum ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus de facto legislature ⓘ
legislativeAchievements measures on debtors and poor relief (limited) ⓘ
reform of the court of chancery (attempted) ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf Commonwealth of England ⓘ
metAt Palace of Westminster ⓘ
namedAfter Praise-God Barebone ⓘ
notableFor attempts at legal reform ⓘ
debates on tithes abolition ⓘ
radical reform proposals ⓘ
reform of marriage law ⓘ
numberOfMembers about 140 ⓘ
partOf English Revolution ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War

Wars of the Three Kingdoms aftermath ⓘ
politicalIdeology Puritanism ⓘ
radical Protestantism ⓘ
precededBy Rump Parliament ⓘ
reasonForDissolution internal division between radicals and moderates ⓘ
pressure from army leadership ⓘ
religiousCharacter strongly Puritan ⓘ
religiousPolicy support for godly reformation ⓘ
selectionMethod nomination rather than election ⓘ
startDate 1653-07-04 ⓘ
succeededBy Protectorate under Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
timeInOffice about five months ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell → precededBy → Barebone's Parliament ⓘ
Rump Parliament → followedBy → Barebone's Parliament ⓘ
First Protectorate Parliament → precededBy → Barebone's Parliament ⓘ
Barebone's Parliament → alsoKnownAs → Little Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Barebone's Parliament
Convention Parliament → follows → Barebone's Parliament ⓘ
Interregnum → hasPart → Barebone's Parliament ⓘ
Interregnum → legislativeBody → Barebone's Parliament ⓘ
English Commonwealth → legislativeBody → Barebone's Parliament ⓘ
Protectorate Parliament → follows → Barebone's Parliament ⓘ
Instrument of Government of 1653 → predecessor → Barebone's Parliament ⓘ
Nominated Assembly → alsoKnownAs → Barebone's Parliament ⓘ
Parliament of Saints → alsoKnownAs → Barebone's Parliament ⓘ
Praise-God Barebone → participatedIn → Barebone's Parliament ⓘ
Council of Officers → exertedPowerOver → Barebone's Parliament ⓘ
Commonwealth period (1649–1653) → followedBy → Barebone's Parliament ⓘ