A process whereby Government advisers and officers could be accused of crimes by the House of Commons and put on trial.; was a method used to bring, 'evil counsellors' to justice and was open to manipulation.
impeachment
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A follower of a Dutch theologian who rejected the Calvanist notion of predestination, free will and can have influence over whether they enter hell or heaven; assiociated with 'high church' practices.
arminian
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A demand made by a prisoner to their custodian. When issued, the prisoner has the right to go before a court and demand to know the reason for their detention.
haveas corpus
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A type of court where the powers of the soverign are excercised, often by judges nominated by the monarch.
prerogative
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A system of Government in which the monarch holds unrestricted power over the state and people and are often hereditary.
absolute monarchy
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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.
puritan
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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.
calvanist
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A Church goverened by an assembly of elders or officials rather than a heirarchy of bishops.
presbyterian
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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.
long parliament
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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.
act of attainder
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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.
pym's junto
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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.
commonwealth
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A Government Council that considers high-level policy, similar to the Privy Council.
council of state
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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.
montly assessment
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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).
intrregnum
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Member of moderate clergy who desired a flexible regime that would accommodate a broad range of religious ideas.
latitudinarian
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The Cabal Ministry refers to a senior group of privy councillors under Charles II, active from approximately 1668 to 1674. Power was shared by this group rather than a single royal favourite, as had been the case under Charles I and James I.
cabal
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A member of the Roman Catholic religious order the Society of Jesus, founded in 1534.
jesuit
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
A follower of a Dutch theologian who rejected the Calvanist notion of predestination, free will and can have influence over whether they enter hell or heaven; assiociated with 'high church' practices.
Back
arminian
Card 3
Front
A demand made by a prisoner to their custodian. When issued, the prisoner has the right to go before a court and demand to know the reason for their detention.
Back
Card 4
Front
A type of court where the powers of the soverign are excercised, often by judges nominated by the monarch.
Back
Card 5
Front
A system of Government in which the monarch holds unrestricted power over the state and people and are often hereditary.
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