Scottish Covenanters

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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.

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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 Central Lowlands of Scotland
surface form: Lowlands of Scotland
notableMember Alexander Henderson
Archibald Campbell, 10th Earl of Argyll
surface form: Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll

David Dickson
Donald Cargill
James Guthrie
Richard Cameron
Samuel Rutherford
opposedBy Charles I of England
surface form: Charles I of England and Scotland

Charles II of England
surface form: 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
surface form: Bishops’ Wars

Glorious Revolution
Killing Times
Pentland Rising
Restoration of the monarchy
surface form: Restoration of Charles II

Wars of the Three Kingdoms
signing of the National Covenant
signing of the Solemn League and Covenant
startTime 1638

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Personal Rule (1629–1640) opposedBy Scottish Covenanters
Bishops' Wars opponent Scottish Covenanters
Irish Confederate Wars conflict Scottish Covenanters
Irish Confederate Wars mainBelligerent Scottish Covenanters
this entity surface form: Confederate Catholics of Ireland
Irish Confederate Wars mainBelligerent Scottish Covenanters
this entity surface form: Scottish Covenanter forces
John Knox influenced Scottish Covenanters
Battle of Preston (1648) belligerent Scottish Covenanters
this entity surface form: Scottish Engagers
Battle of Dunbar (1650) belligerent Scottish Covenanters
Laudian religious reforms opposedBy Scottish Covenanters
Eleven Years' Tyranny oppositionGroup Scottish Covenanters
Treaty of Berwick (1639) signatoryParty Scottish Covenanters
Battle of Marston Moor hasParticipant Scottish Covenanters
Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven movement Scottish Covenanters
Wars of the Three Kingdoms mainBelligerent Scottish Covenanters
Royalist–Confederate alliance phase opposedBy Scottish Covenanters
Battle of Benburb combatantSide Scottish Covenanters
this entity surface form: Robert Monro led the Scottish Covenanter forces
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose laterOpposed Scottish Covenanters
this entity surface form: Covenanters
Killing Times mainSubject Scottish Covenanters
Killing Times opponent Scottish Covenanters
Pentland Rising hasParticipant Scottish Covenanters
Covenanter persecution known as the Killing Times partOf Scottish Covenanters
subject surface form: Killing Times
this entity surface form: Scottish Covenanters' struggle
Covenanter persecution known as the Killing Times opposedBy Scottish Covenanters
subject surface form: Killing Times
Covenanter persecution known as the Killing Times religiousGroupTargeted Scottish Covenanters
subject surface form: Killing Times
this entity surface form: field‑preaching Covenanters
Battle of Carbisdale belligerent Scottish Covenanters
David Leslie movement Scottish Covenanters
Solemn League and Covenant participant Scottish Covenanters
Samuel Rutherford influenced Scottish Covenanters
James Guthrie movement Scottish Covenanters
James Guthrie politicalAlignment Scottish Covenanters
this entity surface form: Covenanter
Battle of Philiphaugh (1645) belligerent Scottish Covenanters
subject surface form: Battle of Philiphaugh
Carbisdale belligerent Scottish Covenanters
Pacification of Berwick signatory Scottish Covenanters
Siege of York (1644) combatant Scottish Covenanters
Treaty of London (1641) relatedTo Scottish Covenanters
capture of Newcastle upon Tyne belligerent Scottish Covenanters
capture of Newcastle upon Tyne combatant Scottish Covenanters
Earl of Leven historicallyAssociatedWith Scottish Covenanters
Earl of Leven allegiance Scottish Covenanters
subject surface form: Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven
Irish Confederates opposedTo Scottish Covenanters
Battle of Clones side Scottish Covenanters
Battle of Dunkeld associatedGroup Scottish Covenanters
Battle of Inverlochy (1645) belligerent Scottish Covenanters
Glen Vale historicalAssociation Scottish Covenanters