Bishops' Wars

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conflict
religious war
war
alsoKnownAs Bishops' Wars
surface form: 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
Short Parliament 1640
surface form: 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 Bishops' Wars self-linksurface differs
surface form: First Bishops' War

Bishops' Wars self-linksurface differs
surface form: Second Bishops' War
hasTopic House of Stuart
surface form: 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 Bishops' Wars self-linksurface differs
surface form: Wars of the Three Kingdoms
precededBy introduction of Laudian religious reforms
religiousContext Anglican Communion
surface form: 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

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capture of Newcastle upon Tyne precededBy Bishops' Wars
this entity surface form: Scottish invasion of northern England in 1640
Alexander Henderson participatedIn Bishops' Wars
Scottish army conflict Bishops' Wars