Scottish Covenanters

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Presbyterian movement political movement religious movement

The Scottish Covenanters were a 17th-century Presbyterian movement in Scotland that organized religious and political resistance to royal attempts to impose episcopal control over the Church of Scotland.

Aliases (5)

Confederate Catholics of Ireland ×1
Covenanters ×1
Robert Monro led the Scottish Covenanter forces ×1
Scottish Covenanter forces ×1
Scottish Engagers ×1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Presbyterian movement → political movement → religious movement →
causeOf	Covenanter persecution known as the Killing Times →
country	Scotland →
endTime	late 17th century →
goal	defence of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland → limitation of royal control over the church → maintenance of the purity of Reformed worship →
hasDoctrine	Christ’s headship over the church → binding nature of covenants on church and nation →
hasPart	National Covenant → Solemn League and Covenant →
ideology	Presbyterian church polity → Reformed theology →
influenced	Cameronian movement → Church of Scotland → Presbyterian churches in Ireland → Presbyterianism in North America → Reformed Presbyterian Church → Scottish Presbyterianism →
language	Scots → Scottish English →
location	Kingdom of Scotland →
mainTerritory	Lowlands of Scotland →
notableMember	Alexander Henderson → Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll → David Dickson → Donald Cargill → James Guthrie → Richard Cameron → Samuel Rutherford →
opposedBy	Charles I of England and Scotland → Charles II of England and Scotland → James VII of Scotland →
opposedTo	episcopacy in the Church of Scotland → royal supremacy over the church →
participant	Scottish burghers → Scottish clergy → Scottish nobility → rural Presbyterian laity →
religion	Presbyterianism →
significantEvent	Battle of Bothwell Bridge → Battle of Dunbar (1650) → Battle of Kilsyth (1645) → Battle of Philiphaugh (1645) → Bishops’ Wars → Glorious Revolution → Killing Times → Pentland Rising → Restoration of Charles II → Wars of the Three Kingdoms → signing of the National Covenant → signing of the Solemn League and Covenant →
startTime	1638 →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Irish Confederate Wars ("Confederate Catholics of Ireland") → Irish Confederate Wars ("Scottish Covenanter forces") → Wars of the Three Kingdoms →	mainBelligerent
Laudian religious reforms → Personal Rule (1629–1640) → Royalist–Confederate alliance phase →	opposedBy
Battle of Dunbar (1650) → Battle of Preston (1648) ("Scottish Engagers") →	belligerent
Battle of Benburb ("Robert Monro led the Scottish Covenanter forces") →	combatantSide
Irish Confederate Wars →	conflict
Battle of Marston Moor →	hasParticipant
John Knox →	influenced
Presbyterian–Independent conflict →	influencedBy
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ("Covenanters") →	laterOpposed
Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven →	movement
Bishops' Wars →	opponent
Eleven Years' Tyranny →	oppositionGroup
Treaty of Berwick (1639) →	signatoryParty