Barebone's Parliament

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Barebone's Parliament was a short-lived, radical Puritan assembly that governed England in 1653 following the Rump Parliament and just before Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate.

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Barebone's Parliament canonical 10
Little Parliament 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English Parliament
Puritan assembly
historical legislature
alsoKnownAs Barebone's Parliament
surface form: Little Parliament

Nominated Assembly
Parliament of Saints
appointedBy Council of Officers
capital London, England
surface form: London
convenedBy Army Council
Oliver Cromwell
country England
demographicComposition largely gentry and lesser landowners
dissolutionMethod members voted to resign power
dissolvedBy Oliver Cromwell
endDate 1653-12-12
era mid-17th century
followedBy First Protectorate Parliament
governmentBranch legislative branch of the Commonwealth of England
governmentType unwritten constitution
headOfStateDuring Oliver Cromwell
historicalContext English Commonwealth
historicalPeriod Interregnum
language English
legalStatus de facto legislature
legislativeAchievements measures on debtors and poor relief (limited)
reform of the court of chancery (attempted)
legislativeBodyOf English Commonwealth
surface form: Commonwealth of England
metAt Palace of Westminster
namedAfter Praise-God Barebone
notableFor attempts at legal reform
debates on tithes abolition
radical reform proposals
reform of marriage law
numberOfMembers about 140
partOf English Civil War
surface form: English Revolution

Wars of the Three Kingdoms aftermath
politicalIdeology Puritanism
radical Protestantism
precededBy Rump Parliament
reasonForDissolution internal division between radicals and moderates
pressure from army leadership
religiousCharacter strongly Puritan
religiousPolicy support for godly reformation
selectionMethod nomination rather than election
startDate 1653-07-04
succeededBy Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell
surface form: Protectorate under Oliver Cromwell
timeInOffice about five months

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Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell precededBy Barebone's Parliament
Rump Parliament followedBy Barebone's Parliament
First Protectorate Parliament precededBy Barebone's Parliament
Barebone's Parliament alsoKnownAs Barebone's Parliament
this entity surface form: Little Parliament
Convention Parliament follows Barebone's Parliament
Interregnum hasPart Barebone's Parliament
Interregnum legislativeBody Barebone's Parliament
English Commonwealth legislativeBody Barebone's Parliament
Protectorate Parliament follows Barebone's Parliament