Pride's Purge

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event in the English Civil War military intervention political purge

Pride's Purge was the 1648 military intervention in the English Parliament, led by Colonel Thomas Pride, that forcibly removed MPs opposed to trying King Charles I and paved the way for his execution and the establishment of the Commonwealth.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pride's Purge (indirect influence)	1
Pride’s Purge	1
Pride’s Purge 1648	1
Pride’s Purge of the Long Parliament	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in the English Civil War ⓘ military intervention ⓘ political purge ⓘ
affected	Presbyterian MPs ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Pride's Purge ⓘ surface form: Pride’s Purge of the Long Parliament
benefited	Members of Parliament ⓘ surface form: Independents in Parliament
chronologyPosition	late phase of the English Civil War ⓘ
commander	Thomas Pride ⓘ
conflict	Second English Civil War ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
date	6 December 1648 ⓘ
followedBy	establishment of the Commonwealth of England ⓘ execution of Charles I ⓘ trial of Charles I ⓘ
hasCause	Second English Civil War ⓘ conflict between Parliament and King Charles I ⓘ
hasConsequences	consolidation of republican forces in England ⓘ weakening of royalist influence in Parliament ⓘ
historicalPeriod	17th century ⓘ
leader	Thomas Pride ⓘ
legalStatus	extra-parliamentary intervention ⓘ
location	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Palace of Westminster ⓘ
method	use of soldiers to bar and arrest MPs ⓘ
objective	remove MPs opposed to the trial of King Charles I ⓘ secure control of Parliament for the army faction ⓘ
participant	House of Commons of England ⓘ Long Parliament 1640 ⓘ surface form: Long Parliament New Model Army ⓘ
partOf	English Civil War ⓘ English Civil War ⓘ surface form: English Revolution
relatedTo	English Commonwealth ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of England New Model Army ⓘ Rump Parliament ⓘ execution of Charles I ⓘ execution of Charles I ⓘ surface form: trial of Charles I
result	creation of the Rump Parliament ⓘ exclusion of many Members of Parliament ⓘ facilitation of the trial of King Charles I ⓘ paving the way for the establishment of the Commonwealth of England ⓘ paving the way for the execution of King Charles I ⓘ
significance	marked the dominance of the army in English politics ⓘ radically altered the composition of the English Parliament ⓘ
year	1648 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Pride's Purge → alsoKnownAs → Pride's Purge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pride’s Purge of the Long Parliament

Long Parliament 1640 → event → Pride's Purge ⓘ

subject surface form: Long Parliament

this entity surface form: Pride’s Purge 1648

Rump Parliament → hasCause → Pride's Purge ⓘ

Thomas Pride → hasNameInEvent → Pride's Purge ⓘ

Thomas Pride → led → Pride's Purge ⓘ

Oliver Cromwell → notableEvent → Pride's Purge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pride's Purge (indirect influence)

Thomas Pride → notableFor → Pride's Purge ⓘ

Long Parliament 1640 → phase → Pride's Purge ⓘ

subject surface form: Long Parliament

this entity surface form: Pride’s Purge

Rump Parliament → precededBy → Pride's Purge ⓘ

Presbyterian–Independent conflict → relatedEvent → Pride's Purge ⓘ

English Civil War → significantEvent → Pride's Purge ⓘ

House of Commons of England → significantEvent → Pride's Purge ⓘ

Rump Parliament → significantEvent → Pride's Purge ⓘ

Second English Civil War → significantEvent → Pride's Purge ⓘ

Thomas Pride → tookPlaceInHisLifetime → Pride's Purge ⓘ