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In 1644 a massive Scottish army of Scottish Covenanters moved over the border into England, claiming they were not invading their neighbor but acting to save its liberties, by helping ensure that the absolutist King Charles I did not win the civil war he was fighting with the English parliament. It was a daring move but the Covenanters believed it a necessary for defensive reasons, for if Charles triumphed over parliament in England he would then...
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In 1637 Scotland exploded in rebellion against King Charles I. The rebellion sought not only to undo hated anglicizing policies in the Church, but to reverse the wholesale transfer of power to London which had followed the 1603 Union of the Crowns. The Covenanters fought for a Scottish parliament free from royal control as well as for a Presbyterian Church. Their success was staggering. When the king refused to make concessions they widened their...
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