Second Protectorate Parliament

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historical legislature legislative assembly parliament

The Second Protectorate Parliament was the English legislative assembly that convened under Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate from 1656 to 1658, notable for grappling with constitutional experiments and the offer of the crown to Cromwell.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Second Protectorate Parliament canonical	4
Second Protectorate	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical legislature ⓘ legislative assembly ⓘ parliament ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	England ⓘ Commonwealth of Ireland ⓘ surface form: Ireland Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
associatedWith	English Civil War aftermath ⓘ republican experiment in England ⓘ
considered	Humble Petition and Advice ⓘ
constitutionalRole	to advise and consent with the Lord Protector ⓘ
constitutionalSignificance	redefinition of powers of the Lord Protector and Parliament ⓘ
convenedBy	Council of State ⓘ
convenedUnder	Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
dissolvedBy	Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
endTime	1658 ⓘ
governmentType	Protectorate government ⓘ
hasChronology	met in two sessions ⓘ
hasLeader	Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ
headOfStateDuringSession	Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
historicalContext	English Commonwealth ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Interregnum ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Instrument of Government ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf	English Commonwealth ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of England Protectorate ⓘ
legislativeProcess	passing ordinances and statutes under the Protectorate ⓘ
legislatureType	unicameral parliament ⓘ
location	City of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster
meetsAt	Palace of Westminster ⓘ
notableFor	constitutional experiments ⓘ offer of the crown to Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
numberInSeries	2 ⓘ
partOf	Protectorate ⓘ
partOfSeries	Protectorate Parliament ⓘ surface form: Protectorate Parliaments
predecessor	First Protectorate Parliament ⓘ
reasonForDissolution	political conflicts between Protector and Parliament ⓘ
reformedBy	Humble Petition and Advice ⓘ
selectionMethod	elected members of Parliament ⓘ
significantEvent	debate on Cromwell’s kingship ⓘ modification of the Protectoral constitution ⓘ
startTime	1656 ⓘ
successor	Third Protectorate Parliament ⓘ
temporalLocation	17th century ⓘ
typeOfElection	Protectorate parliamentary election ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell → legislativeBody → Second Protectorate Parliament ⓘ

First Protectorate Parliament → followedBy → Second Protectorate Parliament ⓘ

Interregnum → hasPart → Second Protectorate Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Protectorate

Protectorate Parliament → hasPart → Second Protectorate Parliament ⓘ

Protectorate Parliament → significantEvent → Second Protectorate Parliament ⓘ