Bishops' Wars

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conflict religious war war

The Bishops' Wars were a pair of mid-17th-century conflicts between Charles I and Scotland over attempts to impose Anglican religious practices, helping trigger the broader Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

Aliases (9)

Second Bishops' War ×6
Wars of the Three Kingdoms ×4
First Bishops' War ×3
Bishops Wars ×2
Bishops’ Wars ×2
Scottish Civil War ×2
Bishops' Wars between England and Scotland ×1
British Civil Wars ×1
Scottish invasion of England in 1648 ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conflict → religious war → war →
alsoKnownAs	Bishops Wars →
commander	Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven → Charles I of England →
conflictBetween	Charles I of England → Kingdom of Scotland →
consequence	escalation of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms → escalation toward the English Civil War → financial crisis for Charles I → summoning of the Long Parliament → summoning of the Short Parliament →
countryInvolved	Kingdom of England → Kingdom of Scotland →
endTime	1640 →
followedBy	English Civil War → Irish Confederate Wars →
hasCause	introduction of the 1637 Scottish Prayer Book → opposition to episcopacy in the Church of Scotland →
hasPart	First Bishops' War → Second Bishops' War →
hasTopic	Stuart monarchy → church governance in Scotland → episcopacy →
historicalRegion	British Isles →
location	Scotland → northern England →
mainCause	attempt to impose Anglican religious practices in Scotland → resistance to Charles I's religious policies →
opponent	Scottish Covenanters →
partOf	Wars of the Three Kingdoms →
precededBy	introduction of Laudian religious reforms →
religiousContext	Anglicanism → Presbyterianism in Scotland →
result	Covenanter victory → increased power of the Scottish Covenanters → political weakening of Charles I →
significantEvent	Treaty of Berwick (1639) → Treaty of Ripon (1640) → signing of the National Covenant →
significantImpact	strengthening of parliamentary opposition to Charles I → undermining of royal authority in England and Scotland →
startTime	1639 →
timePeriod	17th century →

Referenced by (30)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bishops' Wars ("First Bishops' War") → Bishops' Wars ("Second Bishops' War") → Second English Civil War ("Scottish invasion of England in 1648") → Wars of the Three Kingdoms → Wars of the Three Kingdoms ("Scottish Civil War") →	hasPart
Charles I and the House of Commons → Short Parliament ("First Bishops' War") → Short Parliament ("Second Bishops' War") →	relatedEvent
Bishops' Wars ("Bishops Wars") → Wars of the Three Kingdoms ("British Civil Wars") →	alsoKnownAs
Charles I of England → James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ("Scottish Civil War") →	conflict
Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven ("Bishops’ Wars") → George Monck →	participatedIn
Bishops' Wars ("Wars of the Three Kingdoms") → English Civil War ("Wars of the Three Kingdoms") →	partOf
Personal Rule (1629–1640) → Scottish Covenanters ("Bishops’ Wars") →	significantEvent
Treaty of Ripon (1640) ("Second Bishops' War") →	appliesToConflict
House of Stuart ("Wars of the Three Kingdoms") →	associatedWithConflict
Sir Thomas Fairfax ("Second Bishops' War") →	battle
Treaty of Berwick (1639) ("First Bishops' War") →	conflictEnded
Treaty of Berwick (1639) →	conflictRelatedTo
Laudian religious reforms ("Bishops Wars") →	contributedTo
Dunfermline Palace ("Wars of the Three Kingdoms") →	destroyedOrDamagedIn
Treaty of Berwick (1639) ("Second Bishops' War") →	followedBy
Treaty of Ripon (1640) ("Second Bishops' War") →	follows
Short Parliament →	historicalContext
Eleven Years' Tyranny ("Bishops' Wars between England and Scotland") →	keyEvent
Treaty of Ripon (1640) →	relatedTo