Covenanter movement

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Presbyterian movement Scottish historical movement religious movement

The Covenanter movement was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian resistance movement that defended Reformed church governance and opposed attempts by the monarchy to impose episcopal control over the Church of Scotland.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Covenanters	5
Covenanter wars	2
Covenanting movement	2
Presbyterian Covenanters	1
Scottish Covenanter movement	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Presbyterian movement ⓘ Scottish historical movement ⓘ religious movement ⓘ
aimedAt	defending the Presbyterian constitution of the Church of Scotland ⓘ limiting royal interference in church governance ⓘ maintaining Reformed worship and doctrine ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
denomination	Reformed Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	late 17th century ⓘ
hasDoctrine	Christ's headship over the church ⓘ binding nature of covenants on church and nation ⓘ rejection of Erastianism ⓘ
hasKeyText	National Covenant NERFINISHED ⓘ Solemn League and Covenant NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Scottish Covenanters NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology	Presbyterian church polity ⓘ Reformed theology ⓘ
influenced	Covenanter theology in North America ⓘ Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Presbyterian identity ⓘ later Scottish secession churches ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Scots ⓘ
legacy	commemoration in Scottish monuments and memorials ⓘ
mainRegion	Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedMonarch	Charles I of England and Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles II of England and Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ James VII of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedTo	episcopal church governance ⓘ imposition of bishops in the Church of Scotland ⓘ royal supremacy over the Church of Scotland ⓘ
partOf	Wars of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ
period	17th century ⓘ
persecutedBy	Scottish Privy Council NERFINISHED ⓘ Stuart monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: Presbyterianism
significantEvent	Battle of Aird's Moss NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Bothwell Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Drumclog NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Rullion Green NERFINISHED ⓘ Bishops' Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Killing Time NERFINISHED ⓘ Pentland Rising NERFINISHED ⓘ Signing of the National Covenant NERFINISHED ⓘ Signing of the Solemn League and Covenant NERFINISHED ⓘ Wars of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1638 ⓘ
usedPractice	conventicles ⓘ field preaching ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Scottish Protestant churches → associatedMovement → Covenanter movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Covenanters

Battle of Carbisdale → associatedWith → Covenanter movement ⓘ

Pacification of Berwick → associatedWith → Covenanter movement ⓘ

Battle of Bothwell Bridge → belligerent → Covenanter movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Covenanters

The House of the Binns → hasHistoricalAssociation → Covenanter movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Covenanter wars

Scottish Covenanter army → ideology → Covenanter movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Covenanting movement

Scottish Covenanter government → ideology → Covenanter movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Covenanting movement

Earl of Argyll → involvedIn → Covenanter movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Covenanter wars

Scottish burghers → involvedIn → Covenanter movement ⓘ

Alexander Henderson → movement → Covenanter movement ⓘ

Archibald Campbell, 10th Earl of Argyll → movement → Covenanter movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Covenanters

David Dickson → movement → Covenanter movement ⓘ

David Leslie, Lord Newark → movement → Covenanter movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Covenanters

Donald Cargill → movement → Covenanter movement ⓘ

National Covenant → movement → Covenanter movement ⓘ

Samuel Rutherford → movement → Covenanter movement ⓘ

Killing Times → opposedBy → Covenanter movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presbyterian Covenanters

Samuel Rutherford → participantIn → Covenanter movement ⓘ

capture of Newcastle upon Tyne → relatedTo → Covenanter movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Covenanter movement

Richard Cameron → religiousMovement → Covenanter movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Covenanters