Covenanter rebellions against Charles II

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The Covenanter rebellions against Charles II were a series of 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian uprisings resisting the king’s attempts to impose episcopal church governance and royal control over religious practice.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Presbyterian uprising ⓘ
rebellion ⓘ
religious conflict ⓘ
aimedAt limiting royal supremacy in ecclesiastical matters ⓘ
restoration of Presbyterian church government ⓘ
characterizedBy armed resistance ⓘ
field conventicles ⓘ
religious radicalization among some Covenanters ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
endTime 1688 ⓘ
followed English Civil Wars ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War

Interregnum ⓘ
rule of Oliver Cromwell in Scotland ⓘ
hasCause defense of Presbyterian church polity ⓘ
defense of the National Covenant ⓘ
defense of the Solemn League and Covenant ⓘ
imposition of episcopal church governance in Scotland ⓘ
royal control over religious practice ⓘ
hasEffect legacy in Scottish church-state relations ⓘ
martyrdom of many Covenanters ⓘ
severe repression of Covenanters ⓘ
strengthening of Scottish Presbyterian identity ⓘ
hasLegalContext Acts rescinding the Covenants ⓘ
re-establishment of episcopacy in Scotland in 1661 ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Bothwell Bridge ⓘ
Battle of Drumclog ⓘ
Battle of Rullion Green ⓘ
Cameronian rising ⓘ
Killing Time ⓘ
linked to: Killing Times

Pentland Rising ⓘ
Sanquhar Declaration ⓘ
Society people insurgency ⓘ
influenced Glorious Revolution in Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Glorious Revolution

settlement of Presbyterianism as the national church in Scotland after 1689 ⓘ
location Scotland ⓘ
mainSubject Scottish Covenanters ⓘ
opposedBy Charles II of England ⓘ
Charles II of Scotland ⓘ
Royalist forces ⓘ
Scottish Privy Council ⓘ
Stuart monarchy ⓘ
linked to: House of Stuart

bishops of the restored episcopal Church of Scotland ⓘ
partOf Covenanter movement ⓘ
Wars of the Three Kingdoms aftermath ⓘ
religiousAlignment Presbyterianism ⓘ
Reformed Protestantism ⓘ
startTime 1660 ⓘ
timePeriod Restoration era ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period

late 17th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Pentland Rising → partOf → Covenanter rebellions against Charles II ⓘ
Battle of Carbisdale → relatedEvent → Restoration campaigns of Charles II ⓘ
linked to: Covenanter rebellions against Charles II
Battle of Bothwell Bridge → conflict → Covenanter Rising of 1679 ⓘ
linked to: Covenanter rebellions against Charles II
Battle of Bothwell Bridge → partOf → Covenanter uprisings ⓘ
linked to: Covenanter rebellions against Charles II
Battle of Rullion Green → conflict → Covenanter uprising of 1666 ⓘ
linked to: Covenanter rebellions against Charles II
Battle of Rullion Green → precededBy → Covenanter rising of 1666 ⓘ
linked to: Covenanter rebellions against Charles II
Covenanters' Prison → associatedWith → Covenanters' Rebellion ⓘ
linked to: Covenanter rebellions against Charles II
Battle of Drumclog → conflict → Covenanter Rising of 1679 ⓘ
linked to: Covenanter rebellions against Charles II