Solemn League and Covenant

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The Solemn League and Covenant was a 1643 agreement uniting the Scottish Covenanters and the English Parliament in a political and religious alliance during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf alliance ⓘ
political agreement ⓘ
religious covenant ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
abolishedBy Restoration of Charles II ⓘ
aimedAt establishment of Presbyterian church government in England and Ireland ⓘ
uniformity in religion between England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
associatedWith Presbyterian movement in England ⓘ
Westminster Assembly ⓘ
category Wars of the Three Kingdoms treaties ⓘ
conflict English Civil War ⓘ
Scottish Civil War ⓘ
linked to: Bishops' Wars

Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
dateSigned 1643 ⓘ
dissolved 1660s ⓘ
followedBy Engagement of 1647 ⓘ
hasEffect brought Scottish armies into the English Civil War on the side of Parliament ⓘ
strengthened Presbyterian influence in English politics ⓘ
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
historicalRegion British Isles ⓘ
influencedBy National Covenant of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: National Covenant
language English ⓘ
legalStatus ratified by the English Parliament ⓘ
ratified by the Scottish Parliament ⓘ
locationSigned London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
opposedBy English Independents ⓘ
Royalists ⓘ
participant English Parliament ⓘ
Parliamentarians ⓘ
Presbyterian Scots ⓘ
Scottish Covenanters ⓘ
politicalAlignment Parliamentarian side ⓘ
purpose defence of the reformed religion in Scotland ⓘ
extirpation of heresy ⓘ
extirpation of popery ⓘ
extirpation of prelacy ⓘ
extirpation of profaneness ⓘ
extirpation of schism ⓘ
extirpation of superstition ⓘ
preservation of the king’s person and authority ⓘ
preservation of the liberties of the kingdoms ⓘ
preservation of the rights and privileges of the Parliaments ⓘ
religious reformation in England and Ireland according to the Word of God and the example of the best reformed churches ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian
signatory Scottish Commissioners ⓘ
Scottish General Assembly representatives ⓘ
members of the English House of Commons ⓘ
members of the English House of Lords ⓘ

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Referenced by (22)

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

Scottish Covenanters → hasPart → Solemn League and Covenant ⓘ
Battle of Marston Moor → alliance → Parliamentarian–Covenanter alliance ⓘ
linked to: Solemn League and Covenant
Committee of Both Kingdoms → follows → Solemn League and Covenant ⓘ
Presbyterian–Independent conflict → influencedBy → Solemn League and Covenant ⓘ
National Covenant → relatedTo → Solemn League and Covenant ⓘ
Cameronian movement → supported → Solemn League and Covenant ⓘ
Scottish Covenanter army → basedOnDocument → Solemn League and Covenant ⓘ
Siege of York (1644) → hasTopic → Parliamentarian–Covenanter alliance ⓘ
linked to: Solemn League and Covenant
Scottish Covenanter government → basedOnDocument → Solemn League and Covenant ⓘ
Scottish Covenanter government → allianceDocument → Solemn League and Covenant ⓘ
Ulster Covenant → alsoKnownAs → Solemn League and Covenant ⓘ
Cameronians → supported → Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 ⓘ
linked to: Solemn League and Covenant
Queensferry Paper → influencedBy → Solemn League and Covenant ⓘ
Covenanter movement → significantEvent → Signing of the Solemn League and Covenant ⓘ
linked to: Solemn League and Covenant
Covenanter movement → hasKeyText → Solemn League and Covenant ⓘ
Engagement of 1647 → relatedDocument → Solemn League and Covenant ⓘ
Sir David Leslie → militaryConflictSide → Parliamentarian–Covenanter alliance ⓘ
linked to: Solemn League and Covenant
Lion of the Covenant → associatedWithDocument → Solemn League and Covenant ⓘ
Scottish Civil War → relatedDocument → Solemn League and Covenant (1643) ⓘ
linked to: Solemn League and Covenant
Siege of York → relatedTo → Parliamentarian–Covenanter alliance ⓘ
linked to: Solemn League and Covenant
Treaty of Breda (1650) → relatedTo → Solemn League and Covenant ⓘ
John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun → supported → Solemn League and Covenant ⓘ