Scottish Covenanter government

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The Scottish Covenanter government was the Presbyterian-led regime that ruled Scotland during the mid-17th century, championing the National Covenant and opposing royal attempts to impose Anglican-style religious reforms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Presbyterian regime
historical government
allianceDocument Solemn League and Covenant
basedOnDocument National Covenant
Solemn League and Covenant
capital Edinburgh
constitutionalChange abolition of episcopacy in the Church of Scotland
assertion of parliamentary and church authority over royal prerogative in religious matters
controlledInstitution General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
country Kingdom of Scotland
emergedFrom Signing of the National Covenant in 1638
linked to: National Covenant
endPeriod 1651
executiveBody Committee of Estates
governmentType confessional state
monarchy with limited royal authority in church affairs
historicalRegion Early modern Scotland
ideology Covenanting movement
linked to: Covenanter movement
involvedInConflict Bishops' Wars
English Civil War
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
keyFigure Alexander Henderson
David Leslie, Lord Newark
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose
Robert Baillie
language English
Scots
Scottish Gaelic
leader Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll
legacy entrenchment of Presbyterianism in Scottish religious identity
legislativeBody Scottish Parliament
militaryForce Covenanter armies
notableBattle Battle of Dunbar (1650)
Battle of Marston Moor
Battle of Newburn
Battle of Worcester (1651)
opposed Book of Common Prayer introduced in Scotland in 1637
imposition of Anglican-style episcopacy in Scotland
royal religious policies of Charles I of England and Scotland
opposedBy James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose
Royalist forces in Scotland
religiousOrientation Presbyterianism
religiousPolicy defence of a Presbyterian church polity
rejection of bishops in the Church of Scotland
signedAllianceWith English Parliament
significantEvent General Assembly of Glasgow 1638
ratification of the National Covenant by the Scottish Parliament in 1640
startPeriod 1638
succeededBy English Commonwealth rule in Scotland

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Treaty of Ripon (1640) signatory Scottish Covenanter government
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose executedBy Covenanter government of Scotland
linked to: Scottish Covenanter government
Killing Times partOf Covenanter movement
linked to: Scottish Covenanter government
Battle of Carbisdale opposedTo Scottish Covenanter government