Sanquhar Declaration
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The Sanquhar Declaration was a 1680 Scottish Covenanter manifesto that publicly denounced the authority of King Charles II and affirmed radical Presbyterian resistance, becoming a key text of the Cameronian movement.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Covenanter document
ⓘ
historical declaration ⓘ political manifesto ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Covenanter risings of the 1680s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cameronians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Cameron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Richard Cameron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
17th-century political documents
ⓘ
Presbyterianism in Scotland ⓘ Scottish Reformation history ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| date | 1680 ⓘ |
| declared |
rejection of royal supremacy over the church
ⓘ
withdrawal of allegiance from King Charles II ⓘ |
| event | public proclamation in the burgh of Sanquhar ⓘ |
| followedBy | Queensferry Paper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | political-religious manifesto ⓘ |
| hasEffect | escalation of conflict between Covenanters and the Stuart regime ⓘ |
| hasType |
anti-monarchist declaration
ⓘ
religious protest text ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Restoration Scotland ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | The Killing Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology | radical Presbyterianism ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Cameronian testimonies
ⓘ
radical strands of Scottish Presbyterian dissent ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | Sanquhar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
church governance
ⓘ
resistance to royal authority ⓘ |
| movement |
Cameronian movement
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scottish Covenanters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Episcopalian church settlement
ⓘ
King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Restoration monarchy ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Sanquhar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
anti-Stuart
ⓘ
anti-absolutist ⓘ |
| purpose |
to denounce the authority of King Charles II
ⓘ
to justify armed resistance on religious grounds ⓘ |
| religiousPosition | defence of Presbyterian church government ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Presbyterianism ⓘ |
| significance |
key text of the Cameronian movement
ⓘ
symbol of radical Presbyterian resistance ⓘ |
| statedIn | Scottish Covenanter struggle ⓘ |
| year | 1680 ⓘ |
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