Rule of the Major-Generals

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The Rule of the Major-Generals was a period of military governance in mid-1650s England and Wales during Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate, when the country was divided into regions each controlled by a major-general enforcing Puritan moral and political order.

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Label Occurrences
Rule of the Major-Generals canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
period of military government ⓘ
aimedAt enforcing Puritan moral reform ⓘ
maintaining public order ⓘ
strengthening central control ⓘ
suppressing Royalist opposition ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
characterizedBy centralization of authority ⓘ
increased military presence in local government ⓘ
strict moral regulation ⓘ
suppression of popular amusements ⓘ
country England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
dividedInto 12 military districts ⓘ
endTime 1657 ⓘ
financedBy Decimation tax ⓘ
followedBy Second Protectorate Parliament ⓘ
follows First Protectorate Parliament ⓘ
hasCause Penruddock uprising ⓘ
Royalist uprising of 1655 ⓘ
financial difficulties of the Protectorate ⓘ
security concerns about Royalist plots ⓘ
hasEffect increased resentment of military rule ⓘ
strengthening of Puritan religious influence in some regions ⓘ
weakening of support for the Protectorate ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm Puritan regime ⓘ
military government ⓘ
headOfGovernment Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
historicalPeriod mid-17th century ⓘ
implementedBy Council of State ⓘ
Council of the Protector ⓘ
legalBasis Protectoral ordinances ⓘ
locatedInTime English Interregnum ⓘ
linked to: Interregnum
namedAfter major-generals who governed the districts ⓘ
officeHolder Charles Worsley ⓘ
Edward Whalley ⓘ
George Monck ⓘ
James Berry ⓘ
John Berry ⓘ
John Desborough ⓘ
John Goffe ⓘ
John Hewson ⓘ
John Lambert ⓘ
Philip Skippon ⓘ
Robert Lilburne ⓘ
William Boteler ⓘ
opposedBy Royalists ⓘ
many Members of Parliament ⓘ
some moderate Parliamentarians ⓘ
traditional gentry ⓘ
partOf Interregnum ⓘ
Protectorate ⓘ
startTime 1655 ⓘ
taxImposedOn Royalists ⓘ
underAuthorityOf Lord Protector ⓘ

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

Interregnum → hasPart → Rule of the Major-Generals ⓘ
Interregnum → significantEvent → Rule of the Major-Generals ⓘ
Protectorate → notableEvent → Rule of the Major-Generals ⓘ