Personal Rule

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Personal Rule refers to the period (1629–1640) when King Charles I governed England without calling Parliament, ruling instead through his own royal prerogative.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
political era
alsoKnownAs Eleven Years' Tyranny
appliesToJurisdiction England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
capital London, England
surface form: London
characterizedBy fiscal expedients without parliamentary taxation
political repression
religious reforms
rule without Parliament
use of royal prerogative
country Kingdom of England
describedBySource contemporary parliamentary critics
later Whig historians
endDate 1640
endedBy calling of the Short Parliament in 1640
need to summon Parliament to fund war against Scotland
followedBy Long Parliament 1640
surface form: Long Parliament

Short Parliament 1640
surface form: Short Parliament
governmentForm personal monarchy
hasCause conflict between Charles I and Parliament
disputes over taxation and royal authority
dissolution of Parliament in 1629
religious tensions within the Church of England
hasEffect contributed to outbreak of the English Civil War
financial strain on the monarchy
heightened religious tensions
increased resentment of royal authority
hasKeyFigure Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford
William Laud
hasMainSubject Charles I of England
headOfState Charles I of England
location London, England
surface form: London
partOf Stuart period
surface form: Stuart period in England

reign of Charles I of England
precededBy 1628–1629 Parliament
Petition of Right crisis
religiousPolicy enforcement of religious conformity
imposition of new prayer book in Scotland
promotion of Arminianism
startDate 1629
timePeriod 17th century
usedFiscalPolicy distraint of knighthood fines
forced loans
monopolies
ship money

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Eleven Years' Tyranny alsoKnownAs Personal Rule