The Long Parliament

Divisions in Parliament: the growth of the 'royalist party'

• Moderates believed:
  • The King had made significant concessions
  • The Act of Attainder was unsettling
  • Actions and beliefs of radicals like Pym posed more of a threat to the social and political order than Charles I
  • They would prefer a government by a monarch over a radical Puritan government
• Radicals  did not trust the King
  • He had made concessions, but only reluctantly
  • The Army Plot suggested he was willing to use force to seize power…