The emergence and growth of radicalism
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- The Emergence and Growth of Radicalism
- Radical idea about parliament
- Regular parliaments with fixed terms
- Remove many current MPs because of corruption (e.g. trying to disband army with minimal pay)
- Very radical for the time: was removing the crowns powers to call/dissolve parliaments
- Radical ideas about Religion
- Dissenters had been growing in power since Elizabeth I
- wanted complete religious tolerance
- no rule of bishops
- no enforcement on the Book of Common Prayer
- no acceptance of presbytarism
- wanted complete religious tolerance
- freedom in worship lead to other political demands for freedom
- Dissenters had been growing in power since Elizabeth I
- Reaction to the Radicals
- conservatives were alarmed by the threat of "anarchy"
- they saw the radicals as a threat to the property and security of the governing classes
- Really, there were very few radicals, but they were very vocal
- Radical Documents
- The repesentation , July 1647
- army
- a new parliament and Church reforms
- The Heads of Proposals, August 1647
- Army officers
- king restored with limited control, and less radical reforms
- The Case of the Army Truly Stated, Oct 1647
- ordinary soldiers with extreme demands
- The Agreement of the People, Oct 1647
- a more moderate proposal by ordinary soldiers
- The repesentation , July 1647
- Radical idea about parliament
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