Second Protectorate Parliament

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The Second Protectorate Parliament was the English legislative assembly that convened under Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate from 1656 to 1658, notable for grappling with constitutional experiments and the offer of the crown to Cromwell.

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Second Protectorate Parliament canonical 8
Second Protectorate 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical legislature ⓘ
legislative assembly ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
associatedWith English Civil War aftermath ⓘ
republican experiment in England ⓘ
considered Humble Petition and Advice ⓘ
constitutionalRole to advise and consent with the Lord Protector ⓘ
constitutionalSignificance redefinition of powers of the Lord Protector and Parliament ⓘ
convenedBy Council of State ⓘ
convenedUnder Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
country England ⓘ
dissolvedBy Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
endTime 1658 ⓘ
governmentType Protectorate government ⓘ
hasChronology met in two sessions ⓘ
hasLeader Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ
headOfStateDuringSession Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
historicalContext English Commonwealth ⓘ
historicalPeriod Interregnum ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalBasis Instrument of Government ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf Commonwealth of England ⓘ
Protectorate ⓘ
legislativeProcess passing ordinances and statutes under the Protectorate ⓘ
legislatureType unicameral parliament ⓘ
location Westminster ⓘ
linked to: City of Westminster
meetsAt Palace of Westminster ⓘ
notableFor constitutional experiments ⓘ
offer of the crown to Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
numberInSeries 2 ⓘ
partOf Protectorate ⓘ
partOfSeries Protectorate Parliaments ⓘ
predecessor First Protectorate Parliament ⓘ
reasonForDissolution political conflicts between Protector and Parliament ⓘ
reformedBy Humble Petition and Advice ⓘ
selectionMethod elected members of Parliament ⓘ
significantEvent debate on Cromwell’s kingship ⓘ
modification of the Protectoral constitution ⓘ
startTime 1656 ⓘ
successor Third Protectorate Parliament ⓘ
temporalLocation 17th century ⓘ
typeOfElection Protectorate parliamentary election ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell → legislativeBody → Second Protectorate Parliament ⓘ
First Protectorate Parliament → followedBy → Second Protectorate Parliament ⓘ
Interregnum → hasPart → Second Protectorate ⓘ
linked to: Second Protectorate Parliament
Protectorate Parliament → hasPart → Second Protectorate Parliament ⓘ
Protectorate Parliament → significantEvent → Second Protectorate Parliament ⓘ
Rule of the Major-Generals → followedBy → Second Protectorate Parliament ⓘ
Third Protectorate Parliament → follows → Second Protectorate Parliament ⓘ
Third Protectorate Parliament → precededBy → Second Protectorate Parliament ⓘ
Protectorate → legislativeBody → Second Protectorate Parliament ⓘ