Covenanter persecution known as the Killing Times

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Covenanter persecution historical event period of religious persecution

The Covenanter persecution known as the Killing Times was a brutal period of state and royalist repression in late 17th-century Scotland, marked by executions, imprisonments, and violent crackdowns on Presbyterian dissenters who resisted imposed episcopal church governance.

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Label Occurrences
Covenanter field conventicles 1
Covenanter persecution 1
Covenanter persecution known as the Killing Times canonical 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Covenanter persecution ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
period of religious persecution ⓘ
characterizedBy imprisonment and transportation of dissenters ⓘ
military repression ⓘ
outlawing of conventicles ⓘ
summary executions ⓘ
use of torture in interrogations ⓘ
consequence long‑term hostility to episcopacy in parts of Scotland ⓘ
martyr tradition in Scottish Presbyterianism ⓘ
strengthening of Covenanter identity ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
endCause Glorious Revolution ⓘ
overthrow of James VII and II ⓘ
endTime 1688 ⓘ
hasCause imposition of episcopal church governance in Scotland ⓘ
refusal of Covenanters to accept royal supremacy over the church ⓘ
restoration religious settlement under Charles II ⓘ
legalBasis acts of the Scottish Parliament enforcing episcopacy ⓘ
royal proclamations against conventicles ⓘ
location Scotland ⓘ
mainLocation Ayrshire ⓘ
Dumfriesshire ⓘ
Galloway ⓘ
Lanarkshire ⓘ
southwest Scotland ⓘ
surface form: South‑west Scotland
notableEvent drumhead courts‑martial of suspected Covenanters ⓘ
execution of the Wigtown Martyrs ⓘ
military occupation of the south‑west by the Highland Host ⓘ
notableVictim Donald Cargill ⓘ
James Renwick ⓘ
John Brown of Priesthill ⓘ
Margaret MacLachlan ⓘ
Margaret Wilson ⓘ
Richard Cameron ⓘ
opposedBy Presbyterian dissenters ⓘ
Scottish Covenanters ⓘ
partOf Covenanter persecution known as the Killing Times self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Covenanter persecution

Scottish Covenanters ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Covenanters' struggle
perpetrator Highland Host ⓘ
Privy Council of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Privy Council

Stuart period ⓘ
surface form: Stuart monarchy

dragoons under John Graham of Claverhouse ⓘ
government troops ⓘ
officers loyal to the Duke of York (later James VII and II) ⓘ
royalist authorities in Scotland ⓘ
religiousConflict Presbyterianism vs episcopacy ⓘ
religiousGroupTargeted Scottish Protestant churches ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Presbyterians

Scottish Covenanters ⓘ
surface form: field‑preaching Covenanters
rememberedAs symbol of state persecution of religious dissent in Scotland ⓘ
startTime 1679 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scottish Covenanters → causeOf → Covenanter persecution known as the Killing Times ⓘ
Covenanter persecution known as the Killing Times → partOf → Covenanter persecution known as the Killing Times self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Killing Times
this entity surface form: Covenanter persecution
Richard Cameron → participantIn → Covenanter persecution known as the Killing Times ⓘ
this entity surface form: Killing Time (persecution of Covenanters)
Donald Cargill → participantIn → Covenanter persecution known as the Killing Times ⓘ
this entity surface form: Covenanter field conventicles