Nominated Assembly

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The Nominated Assembly, also known as Barebone's Parliament, was a short-lived 1653 English legislative body of handpicked members that briefly governed during Oliver Cromwell’s Interregnum.

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Label Occurrences
Nominated Assembly canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English legislative body ⓘ
historical legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Barebone's Parliament ⓘ
Barebones Parliament ⓘ
Parliament of Saints ⓘ
appointedBy Army Council ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
associatedWith English Commonwealth ⓘ
New Model Army ⓘ
context post-regicide republican experiment ⓘ
country England ⓘ
dissolvedBy Council of Officers ⓘ
self-dissolution ⓘ
endTime 1653-12-12 ⓘ
establishedBy Instrument of Government precursor arrangements ⓘ
followedBy First Protectorate Parliament ⓘ
governingAuthority Commonwealth of England ⓘ
governmentType unicameral legislature ⓘ
historicalEra English Civil War and Interregnum period ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
Ireland (claimed) ⓘ
linked to: Island of Ireland

Scotland (claimed) ⓘ
linked to: Scotland

Wales ⓘ
legalStatus de facto parliament ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Commonwealth of England ⓘ
legislativePeriod Interregnum ⓘ
legislativePower supreme authority in the Commonwealth of England ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
memberSelectionBasis godliness ⓘ
reputation for piety ⓘ
metInBuilding Palace of Westminster ⓘ
namedAfter Praise-God Barebone ⓘ
notableFor attempts at law reform ⓘ
debates on church establishment ⓘ
debates on tithes ⓘ
radical social and legal reform proposals ⓘ
numberOfMembers 140 ⓘ
approximately 140 ⓘ
partOf English Interregnum ⓘ
linked to: Interregnum
politicalOrientation Puritan ⓘ
precededBy Rump Parliament ⓘ
reasonForDissolution conservative opposition to radical reforms ⓘ
internal division ⓘ
reasonForNickname named after member Praise-God Barebone ⓘ
linked to: Praise-God Barebone
religiousOrientation Independent Puritan ⓘ
selectionMethod nomination ⓘ
startTime 1653-07-04 ⓘ
timeInExistence about five months ⓘ

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Barebone's Parliament → alsoKnownAs → Nominated Assembly ⓘ