Nominated Assembly

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The Nominated Assembly, also known as Barebone's Parliament, was a short-lived 1653 English legislative body of handpicked members that briefly governed during Oliver Cromwell’s Interregnum.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English legislative body
historical legislature
parliament
alsoKnownAs Barebone's Parliament NERFINISHED
Barebones Parliament NERFINISHED
Parliament of Saints NERFINISHED
appointedBy Army Council NERFINISHED
Oliver Cromwell NERFINISHED
associatedWith English Commonwealth NERFINISHED
New Model Army NERFINISHED
context post-regicide republican experiment
country England
dissolvedBy Council of Officers NERFINISHED
self-dissolution
endTime 1653-12-12
establishedBy Instrument of Government precursor arrangements
followedBy First Protectorate Parliament NERFINISHED
governingAuthority Commonwealth of England NERFINISHED
governmentType unicameral legislature
historicalEra English Civil War and Interregnum period NERFINISHED
jurisdiction England
Ireland (claimed) NERFINISHED
Scotland (claimed) NERFINISHED
Wales NERFINISHED
legalStatus de facto parliament
legislativeBodyFor Commonwealth of England NERFINISHED
legislativePeriod Interregnum NERFINISHED
legislativePower supreme authority in the Commonwealth of England
location London, England
surface form: London
memberSelectionBasis godliness
reputation for piety
metInBuilding Palace of Westminster NERFINISHED
namedAfter Praise-God Barebone NERFINISHED
notableFor attempts at law reform
debates on church establishment
debates on tithes
radical social and legal reform proposals
numberOfMembers 140
approximately 140
partOf English Interregnum NERFINISHED
politicalOrientation Puritan
precededBy Rump Parliament NERFINISHED
reasonForDissolution conservative opposition to radical reforms
internal division
reasonForNickname named after member Praise-God Barebone NERFINISHED
religiousOrientation Independent Puritan
selectionMethod nomination
startTime 1653-07-04
timeInExistence about five months

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Barebone's Parliament alsoKnownAs Nominated Assembly