Bluidy Clavers

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Bluidy Clavers is the grim nickname given to John Graham of Claverhouse, the 17th-century Scottish soldier and royalist notorious for his harsh suppression of Covenanters.

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Bluidy Clavers canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf nickname ⓘ
appearsIn Covenanter narratives ⓘ
Scottish Presbyterian martyrologies ⓘ
appliedTo John Graham of Claverhouse ⓘ
associatedWith Killing Time ⓘ
Scottish religious conflicts ⓘ
Stuart royalism ⓘ
persecution of Covenanters ⓘ
characterizes harsh suppression of Covenanters ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
culturalContext Scottish religious and political history ⓘ
era Reign of Charles II of England and Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period

Reign of James VII of Scotland ⓘ
givenBecauseOf brutal enforcement of royal authority ⓘ
persecution of Presbyterian dissenters ⓘ
givenBy opponents of John Graham of Claverhouse ⓘ
hasConnotation bloody ⓘ
grim ⓘ
hasSubject John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount Dundee ⓘ
linked to: Viscount Dundee
implies bloody repression ⓘ
cruelty ⓘ
language Scots ⓘ
moralJudgment negative ⓘ
opposedBy Scottish Covenanters ⓘ
portrayedAs persecutor of the godly in Covenanter literature ⓘ
refersTo John Graham of Claverhouse ⓘ
relatedConcept Covenanters ⓘ
linked to: Covenanter movement

Royalist repression in Scotland ⓘ
Scottish Jacobitism ⓘ
linked to: Jacobitism
relatedToEvent Battle of Bothwell Bridge ⓘ
Covenanter uprisings ⓘ
Killing Time in Scotland ⓘ
timePeriod late 17th century ⓘ
usedBy Scottish Covenanters ⓘ
usedIn 17th century Scotland ⓘ
viewedAs villain in Presbyterian tradition ⓘ

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

John Graham of Claverhouse → nickname → Bluidy Clavers ⓘ
subject linked to: Viscount Dundee
Bonnie Dundee → alsoKnownAs → Bluidy Clavers ⓘ