New Model Army

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army military organization parliamentary army

The New Model Army was the disciplined, centrally organized parliamentary force that played a decisive role in winning the English Civil War and enabling the rise of Oliver Cromwell.

Aliases (12)

New Model Army infantry ×2
Parliamentarian Army ×2
Parliamentarian New Model Army ×2
Parliamentarian army ×2
Parliamentary Army ×2
New Model Army (indirectly, through Self-Denying Ordinance) ×1
New Model Army (through legislation) ×1
New Model Army cavalry ×1
Oliver Cromwell’s forces ×1
Organization of the New Model Army ×1
Parliamentarian faction (Roundheads) ×1
Roundheads ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army → military organization → parliamentary army →
allegiance	English Parliamentarians → Parliament of England →
approximateSize	about 22,000 men at formation →
battle	Battle of Dunbar (1650) → Battle of Langport → Battle of Naseby → Battle of Preston (1648) → Battle of Worcester (1651) →
component	artillery → cavalry → infantry →
conflict	English Civil War → First English Civil War → Second English Civil War → Third English Civil War →
country	Kingdom of England →
createdBy	Committee of Both Kingdoms → English Parliament →
disbandedAfter	Restoration of Charles II →
dissolvedIn	1660 →
formedIn	1645 →
garrisonedIn	England → Ireland → Scotland →
influenced	development of the modern professional army in Britain →
knownFor	centralized organization → high discipline → merit-based promotion of officers → political radicalism among soldiers → religious radicalism among soldiers →
legalBasis	New Model Ordinance → Self-Denying Ordinance →
notableCommander	Henry Ireton → Oliver Cromwell → Philip Skippon → Sir Thomas Fairfax →
opposedTo	Cavaliers → Royalists →
participatedIn	Pride's Purge → trial and execution of Charles I →
politicalRole	support of Cromwell as Lord Protector →
religiousComposition	strong Puritan influence →
roleInHistory	decisive in victory of Parliament in the English Civil War → enabled rise of Oliver Cromwell → instrumental in establishment of the English Commonwealth → key force in abolition of the monarchy in 1649 →

Referenced by (42)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
George Monck ("Parliamentary Army") → Oliver Cromwell ("Parliamentary Army") → Philip Skippon ("Parliamentarian army") → Sir Thomas Fairfax ("Parliamentarian Army") → Thomas Fairfax →	militaryBranch
New Model Army Ordinance → Pride's Purge → Self-Denying Ordinance → Self-Denying Ordinance ("Parliamentarian faction (Roundheads)") →	relatedTo
Henry Ireton → Philip Skippon → Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex ("New Model Army (indirectly, through Self-Denying Ordinance)") →	associatedWith
Battle of Dunbar (1650) → Battle of Naseby → Battle of Preston (1648) ("Parliamentarian New Model Army") →	belligerent
Battle of Edgehill ("Parliamentarian army") → Battle of Langport → Battle of Naseby →	combatant
Battle of Langport ("New Model Army cavalry") → Battle of Langport ("New Model Army infantry") → English Civil War →	notableUnit
Pride's Purge → Second English Civil War →	participant
Thomas Pride →	allegiance
New Model Ordinance →	appliesTo
Tantallon Castle ("Oliver Cromwell’s forces") →	attackedBy
Siege of Clonmel →	attacker
Battle of Preston (1648) →	commandingForce
Siege of Oxford ("Parliamentarian New Model Army") →	controlledBy
Long Parliament ("New Model Army (through legislation)") →	createdBody
Siege of Drogheda →	hasPrimaryAttackingForce
Sir Thomas Fairfax →	memberOf
Battle of Marston Moor ("Parliamentarian Army") →	militaryBranchParliamentarian
Philip Skippon ("New Model Army infantry") →	militaryUnit
Sir Thomas Fairfax ("Organization of the New Model Army") →	notableWork
Siege of Clonmel →	opponentOf
Royalists →	opposedBy
British Army →	precededBy
New Model Army Ordinance →	regulates
New Model Ordinance →	relatedOrganization
Thomas Pride →	servedIn
Philip Skippon ("Roundheads") →	sideInConflict