Engager War
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The Engager War was a 1648 Scottish civil conflict in which a faction of moderate royalists known as the Engagers attempted to restore Charles I, leading to internal strife and intervention in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish civil conflict
ⓘ
civil war ⓘ |
| aimOfEngagers | conditional restoration of Charles I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cause |
Engagement agreement with Charles I
ⓘ
attempt to restore Charles I to power ⓘ division within Scottish Covenanter movement ⓘ |
| conflictType | internal royalist conflict ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| endTime | 1648 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Cromwellian conquest of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
purge of Engager leaders from Scottish politics
ⓘ
realignment of Scottish alliances with English Parliament ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Covenanters
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Engagers ⓘ Kirk Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliamentarians ⓘ Royalists ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| ideologicalConflict | royalist monarchy vs. Presbyterian covenantal settlement ⓘ |
| location | Scotland ⓘ |
| opposingFaction |
Engagers
ⓘ
Kirk Party Covenanters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Wars of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
struggle over terms of settlement with Charles I
ⓘ
tensions between moderate and radical Covenanters ⓘ |
| precededBy | First English Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryTheater | Lowlands of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Second English Civil War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wars of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
defeat of the Engagers
ⓘ
increased English Parliamentarian influence in Scotland ⓘ political ascendancy of the Kirk Party in Scotland ⓘ strengthening of radical Covenanter influence ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Engager invasion of England in support of Charles I
ⓘ
Parliamentarian counter‑intervention in Scotland ⓘ |
| startTime | 1648 ⓘ |
| temporalContext | late stages of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
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