Solemn League and Covenant

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The Solemn League and Covenant was a 1643 agreement uniting the Scottish Covenanters and the English Parliament in a political and religious alliance during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf alliance
political agreement
religious covenant
treaty
abolishedBy Restoration of the monarchy
surface form: Restoration of Charles II
aimedAt establishment of Presbyterian church government in England and Ireland
uniformity in religion between England, Scotland and Ireland
associatedWith Presbyterian movement in England
Westminster Assembly
category Wars of the Three Kingdoms treaties
conflict English Civil War
Bishops' Wars
surface form: Scottish Civil War

Wars of the Three Kingdoms
country Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Scotland
dateSigned 1643
dissolved 1660s
followedBy Engagement of 1647
hasEffect brought Scottish armies into the English Civil War on the side of Parliament
strengthened Presbyterian influence in English politics
historicalPeriod 17th century
historicalRegion British Isles
influencedBy National Covenant
surface form: National Covenant of Scotland
language English
legalStatus ratified by the English Parliament
ratified by the Scottish Parliament
locationSigned London, England
surface form: London
opposedBy English Independents
Royalists
participant Parliament of England
surface form: English Parliament

Parliamentarians
Presbyterian Scots
Scottish Covenanters
politicalAlignment Parliamentarian side
purpose defence of the reformed religion in Scotland
extirpation of heresy
extirpation of popery
extirpation of prelacy
extirpation of profaneness
extirpation of schism
extirpation of superstition
preservation of the king’s person and authority
preservation of the liberties of the kingdoms
preservation of the rights and privileges of the Parliaments
religious reformation in England and Ireland according to the Word of God and the example of the best reformed churches
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
signatory Committee of Both Kingdoms
surface form: Scottish Commissioners

Scottish General Assembly representatives
members of the English House of Commons
members of the English House of Lords

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Scottish Covenanters hasPart Solemn League and Covenant
Battle of Marston Moor alliance Solemn League and Covenant
this entity surface form: Parliamentarian–Covenanter alliance
Committee of Both Kingdoms follows Solemn League and Covenant
Presbyterian–Independent conflict influencedBy Solemn League and Covenant
National Covenant relatedTo Solemn League and Covenant
Cameronian movement supported Solemn League and Covenant
Scottish Covenanter army basedOnDocument Solemn League and Covenant
Siege of York (1644) hasTopic Solemn League and Covenant
this entity surface form: Parliamentarian–Covenanter alliance
Scottish Covenanter government basedOnDocument Solemn League and Covenant
Scottish Covenanter government allianceDocument Solemn League and Covenant