A Protestant who believed that the Reformation of the Church under Elizabeth I had not gone far enough and sought to simplify and 'purify' it from the taint of Catholic ceremony and superstition.
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A follower of the religious teachings of John Clavin that stressed people can only acheive salvation through God's grace, and not through their own merits.
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A Church goverened by an assembly of elders or officials rather than a heirarchy of bishops.
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So-called because, although it was purged and unable to assemble for long periods, it was not dissolved until March 1660.
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An act of Parliament that effectively acts as a death warrant. The Act only required a suspicion of guily, and, as long as it was passed by both Houses and signed by the monarch, no trail was required.
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The group that organised the opposition strategy to the King in the Long Parliament. Led by John Pym, John Hamden and Arthur Haselrig.
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The name given to the Government of England from the abolition of the monarchy in 1649 to the establishment of the Protectorate in 1653.
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A Government Council that considers high-level policy, similar to the Privy Council.
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A tax modelled on the Ship Money system, originally collected in areas under the control of Parliament during the Civil War.
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The time in which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns. (For example: From Charles' I execution om 1649, to Charles' II restoration in 1660).
