Failure to reah settlement 1649-53
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- Failure to reach political settlement 1649-53
- Attitude of OPE towards republic
- Major prob for all repub govs until 1653
- Many withdrew in horror following death of C, attitudes heightened by Oath of engagement (1650)
- Many only took it once modified
- Popularity of ''Eikon Basillike'' highlights wish to return to trad forms of gov
- However, although few supported repub few wished to risk lives/ property taking army on- army able to preserve repub
- 1650-1 CII gained little support when used Covenanters to retake throne- OPE accept repub
- 1650-1 CII gained little support when used Covenanters to retake throne- OPE accept repub
- Failure of Rump to provide settlement
- Reg/ political radical groups saw as opp to establish GR and political freedom.
- Rump conservative, reintroduced press censorship, crushed leveller risings
- Few reforms- only 1 legal change despite recommendations of Hale commission- 2 reg reforms not enough to satisfy reg sects in army.
- Until 1653 repub had to fight off threats- IRE, Scot, Dutch, day2day pressures of gov and army involved n military campaigns
- Threats now eliminated, Army free to focus on aims
- Army increasingly disillusioned, key reason for pressuring Crom to expel it (April 1653) when R electing for new assembly, army would have no control- possible election of anti-army MPs
- Threats now eliminated, Army free to focus on aims
- Reg/ political radical groups saw as opp to establish GR and political freedom.
- Failure of Nominated Assembly
- Satisfied reg sects demands common in army, attempt to establish GR- senior officers ensure was done within framwork
- Majority sitting chosen by army, not radical sects
- Some worthwhile reforms- abolition of imprisonment for debt
- Late 1653, dominated by extremist majority- porposed abolition of tithes
- Seen as attack of property rights and would lead to abolition of church
- Proposed mosaic law- terrified OPE feared NA promoting social revolution
- Senior officers- felt was destroying chances of GR, drifting to anarchy
- Role of Cromwell
- Two mutually exclusive aims- H/S, reconciliation with OPE and GR and reg lib.
- Tried to achieved both aims, attempt to establish permenant settlement doomed to failure- any attempt to win support of OPE would mean abandoning GR
- April 1653- expelled rump for lack of GR, yet had encouraged conservative mps to return to rump
- Attitude of OPE towards republic
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