New Model Ordinance

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The New Model Ordinance was the parliamentary measure that formally established and organized England’s New Model Army during the English Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal measure
parliamentary ordinance
appliesTo New Model Army
chamberInvolved House of Commons of England
House of Lords
surface form: House of Lords of England
conflictContext English Civil War
country Kingdom of England
documentType statutory instrument
field constitutional history of England
military law
governs command hierarchy of the New Model Army
financing of the New Model Army
organization of Parliamentarian armed forces
recruitment for the New Model Army
hasEffect definition of the command of the New Model Army
definition of the funding of the New Model Army
definition of the size of the New Model Army
definition of the structure of the New Model Army
formal establishment of the New Model Army
historicalEvent English Civil War
historicalPeriod 17th century
language English
legalForm ordinance
legalStatus enacted ordinance
legislativeBody Parliament of England
militaryReform creation of a centralized national army
reorganization of Parliamentarian forces into a single army
standardization of command structure in the New Model Army
opposedTo Royalist forces in the English Civil War
politicalSide Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War
purpose to establish the New Model Army
to organize the New Model Army
region England
relatedConcept Parliamentary supremacy over the army
military centralization
standing army
relatedOrganization New Model Army
significance key step in professionalization of the English army
major development in the rise of state-controlled military forces
subjectMatter civil–military relations in 17th-century England
military organization
war finance

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New Model Army legalBasis New Model Ordinance