Cavalier Parliament

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The Cavalier Parliament was the long-serving English Parliament (1661–1679) that strongly supported King Charles II and the restored monarchy after the English Civil War and Interregnum.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of England ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Charles II’s first Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Cavalier Parliament

Long Parliament of Charles II ⓘ
linked to: Cavalier Parliament
chamberIncludes House of Commons of England ⓘ
House of Lords of England ⓘ
linked to: House of Lords
composition predominantly royalist gentry ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dissolvedBy Charles II of England ⓘ
dominantFaction Anglican Cavaliers ⓘ
linked to: Royalists

Royalists ⓘ
enacts Act of Uniformity 1662 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Uniformity

Clarendon Code ⓘ
Conventicle Act 1664 ⓘ
Corporation Act 1661 ⓘ
Five Mile Act 1665 ⓘ
Hearth Tax Act 1662 ⓘ
Triennial Act 1664 ⓘ
linked to: Triennial Act 1641
endTime 1679 ⓘ
follows Convention Parliament of 1660 ⓘ
governsWith Cabal ministry ⓘ
Clarendon ministry ⓘ
hasApproximateDuration 18 years ⓘ
hasMonarch Charles II of England ⓘ
historicalContext post-English Civil War settlement ⓘ
post-Interregnum Restoration ⓘ
inSessionDuring Great Fire of London ⓘ
Great Plague of London ⓘ
Second Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
Third Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativePeriod Restoration era ⓘ
legislativeType bicameral legislature ⓘ
locatedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
meetsIn Palace of Westminster ⓘ
namedAfter Cavaliers ⓘ
opposes religious toleration for dissenters ⓘ
passes indemnity measures for royalists ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-monarchy ⓘ
royalist ⓘ
precedes Habeas Corpus Parliament ⓘ
regulates press and printing ⓘ
religiousPolicy persecution of Nonconformists ⓘ
restoration of the Church of England ⓘ
restores bishops to the House of Lords ⓘ
startTime 1661 ⓘ
strengthens Anglican establishment ⓘ
supports Restoration of the monarchy ⓘ
royal prerogative ⓘ

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Referenced by (21)

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

Restoration (England) → hasParliament → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
subject linked to: Restoration
Restoration of the monarchy → followedBy → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
Charles II of England → associatedWith → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
Sir Thomas Littleton → parliamentaryTerm → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
Clarendon Code → parliament → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
Convention Parliament → followedBy → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
Exclusion Parliaments → chronologicallyAfter → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
Exclusion Parliaments → precededBy → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
Protectorate Parliament → followedBy → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
Convention Parliament of 1660 → successor → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
Cavalier Parliament → alsoKnownAs → Long Parliament of Charles II ⓘ
linked to: Cavalier Parliament
Cavalier Parliament → alsoKnownAs → Charles II’s first Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Cavalier Parliament
Convention Parliament of 1689 → precededBy → Loyal Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Cavalier Parliament
Cabal ministry → opposedBy → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
Robert Montagu, 3rd Earl of Manchester → parliamentaryTerm → Parliament of England (1661–1679) ⓘ
linked to: Cavalier Parliament
Danby ministry → parliamentaryContext → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
Habeas Corpus Parliament → partOf → Cavalier Parliament era ⓘ
linked to: Cavalier Parliament