Short Parliament 1640

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parliament session of the Parliament of England

The Short Parliament of 1640 was a brief and contentious session of the English Parliament, lasting only three weeks, that highlighted escalating conflicts between Charles I and his opponents over taxation and royal authority on the eve of the English Civil War.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Short Parliament	5
calling of the Short Parliament	2
Short Parliament of 1640	1
summoning of the Short Parliament	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	parliament ⓘ session of the Parliament of England ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Short Parliament 1640 ⓘ surface form: Short Parliament of 1640
characterizedAs	brief and contentious parliamentary session ⓘ
city	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
conflictBetween	Charles I and the House of Commons ⓘ
consequence	contributed to calling of the Long Parliament ⓘ escalation of constitutional conflict in England ⓘ
convenedBy	Charles I of England ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
dissolvedBy	Charles I of England ⓘ
duration	three weeks ⓘ
endDate	1640-05-05 ⓘ
followedBy	Long Parliament 1640 ⓘ surface form: Long Parliament
governmentType	monarchy with parliamentary institutions ⓘ
historicalContext	Bishops' Wars ⓘ events leading to the English Civil War ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Stuart ⓘ surface form: Stuart England
house	House of Commons of England ⓘ House of Lords ⓘ
keyTheme	debate over ship money ⓘ parliamentary resistance to royal prerogative ⓘ
languageOfLegislature	English ⓘ
legislativeBody	Parliament of England ⓘ
location	Palace of Westminster ⓘ
mainIssue	funding for war against Scotland ⓘ royal authority ⓘ taxation ⓘ
monarchDuringSession	Charles I of England ⓘ
notableFigure	John Hampden ⓘ
notableOpponentOfMonarch	John Pym ⓘ
parliamentaryGrievances	abuses of royal prerogative ⓘ imposition of ship money without parliamentary consent ⓘ religious policies associated with Archbishop Laud ⓘ
partOf	reign of Charles I of England ⓘ
precededBy	Parliament of 1629 ⓘ
reasonForDissolution	refusal of Commons to grant subsidies without redress of grievances ⓘ
reasonForSummoning	need to raise revenue for military campaign in Scotland ⓘ
region	British Isles ⓘ
relatedEvent	Bishops' Wars ⓘ surface form: First Bishops' War Personal Rule (1629–1640) ⓘ surface form: Personal Rule of Charles I Bishops' Wars ⓘ surface form: Second Bishops' War
result	failure to secure requested subsidies for the king ⓘ increased tension between Crown and Parliament ⓘ
sessionNumber	first Parliament summoned by Charles I after the Personal Rule ⓘ
startDate	1640-04-13 ⓘ
timePeriod	17th century ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Short Parliament 1640 → alsoKnownAs → Short Parliament 1640 ⓘ

subject surface form: Short Parliament

this entity surface form: Short Parliament of 1640

Bishops' Wars → consequence → Short Parliament 1640 ⓘ

this entity surface form: summoning of the Short Parliament

Eleven Years' Tyranny → followedBy → Short Parliament 1640 ⓘ