Cavalier Parliament

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Parliament of England legislative body

The Cavalier Parliament was the long-serving English Parliament (1661–1679) that strongly supported King Charles II and the restored monarchy after the English Civil War and Interregnum.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Cavalier Parliament canonical 13
Charles II’s first Parliament 1
Long Parliament of Charles II 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of England ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Charles II’s first Parliament

Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Long Parliament of Charles II
chamberIncludes House of Commons of England ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
surface form: House of Lords of England
composition predominantly royalist gentry ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dissolvedBy Charles II of England ⓘ
dominantFaction Royalists ⓘ
surface form: Anglican Cavaliers

Royalists ⓘ
enacts Acts of Uniformity ⓘ
surface form: Act of Uniformity 1662

Clarendon Code ⓘ
Conventicle Act 1664 ⓘ
Corporation Act 1661 ⓘ
Five Mile Act 1665 ⓘ
Hearth Tax Act 1662 ⓘ
Triennial Act 1641 ⓘ
surface form: Triennial Act 1664
endTime 1679 ⓘ
follows Convention Parliament of 1660 ⓘ
governsWith Cabal ministry ⓘ
Clarendon ministry ⓘ
hasApproximateDuration 18 years ⓘ
hasMonarch Charles II of England ⓘ
historicalContext post-English Civil War settlement ⓘ
post-Interregnum Restoration ⓘ
inSessionDuring Great Fire of London ⓘ
Great Plague of London ⓘ
Second Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
Third Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislativePeriod Restoration era ⓘ
legislativeType bicameral legislature ⓘ
locatedIn London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
meetsIn Palace of Westminster ⓘ
namedAfter Cavaliers ⓘ
opposes religious toleration for dissenters ⓘ
passes indemnity measures for royalists ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-monarchy ⓘ
royalist ⓘ
precedes Habeas Corpus Act 1679 ⓘ
surface form: Habeas Corpus Parliament
regulates press and printing ⓘ
religiousPolicy persecution of Nonconformists ⓘ
restoration of the Church of England ⓘ
restores bishops to the House of Lords ⓘ
startTime 1661 ⓘ
strengthens Anglican establishment ⓘ
supports Restoration of the monarchy ⓘ
royal prerogative ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Restoration → hasParliament → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
subject surface form: Restoration (England)
Restoration of the monarchy → followedBy → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
Charles II of England → associatedWith → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
Sir Thomas Littleton → parliamentaryTerm → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
Clarendon Code → parliament → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
Convention Parliament → followedBy → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
Exclusion Parliaments → chronologicallyAfter → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
Exclusion Parliaments → precededBy → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
Protectorate Parliament → followedBy → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
Convention Parliament of 1660 → successor → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
Cavalier Parliament → alsoKnownAs → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Long Parliament of Charles II
Cavalier Parliament → alsoKnownAs → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles II’s first Parliament
Convention Parliament of 1689 → precededBy → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loyal Parliament
Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg → parliamentaryTerm → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
Cabal ministry → opposedBy → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester → servedUnder → Cavalier Parliament ⓘ