Personal Rule

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Personal Rule refers to the period (1629–1640) when King Charles I governed England without calling Parliament, ruling instead through his own royal prerogative.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
political era ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Eleven Years' Tyranny ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
capital London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
characterizedBy fiscal expedients without parliamentary taxation ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
religious reforms ⓘ
rule without Parliament ⓘ
use of royal prerogative ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
describedBySource contemporary parliamentary critics ⓘ
later Whig historians ⓘ
endDate 1640 ⓘ
endedBy calling of the Short Parliament in 1640 ⓘ
need to summon Parliament to fund war against Scotland ⓘ
followedBy Long Parliament ⓘ
Short Parliament ⓘ
governmentForm personal monarchy ⓘ
hasCause conflict between Charles I and Parliament ⓘ
disputes over taxation and royal authority ⓘ
dissolution of Parliament in 1629 ⓘ
religious tensions within the Church of England ⓘ
hasEffect contributed to outbreak of the English Civil War ⓘ
financial strain on the monarchy ⓘ
heightened religious tensions ⓘ
increased resentment of royal authority ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford ⓘ
William Laud ⓘ
hasMainSubject Charles I of England ⓘ
headOfState Charles I of England ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
partOf Stuart period in England ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period

reign of Charles I of England ⓘ
precededBy 1628–1629 Parliament ⓘ
Petition of Right crisis ⓘ
religiousPolicy enforcement of religious conformity ⓘ
imposition of new prayer book in Scotland ⓘ
promotion of Arminianism ⓘ
startDate 1629 ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
usedFiscalPolicy distraint of knighthood fines ⓘ
forced loans ⓘ
monopolies ⓘ
ship money ⓘ

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Eleven Years' Tyranny → alsoKnownAs → Personal Rule ⓘ