Bluidy Clavers

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Bluidy Clavers is the grim nickname given to John Graham of Claverhouse, the 17th-century Scottish soldier and royalist notorious for his harsh suppression of Covenanters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf nickname
appearsIn Covenanter narratives
Scottish Presbyterian martyrologies
appliedTo John Graham of Claverhouse NERFINISHED
associatedWith Killing Time NERFINISHED
Scottish religious conflicts
Stuart royalism
persecution of Covenanters
characterizes harsh suppression of Covenanters
country Scotland
culturalContext Scottish religious and political history
era Reign of Charles II of England and Scotland NERFINISHED
Reign of James VII of Scotland NERFINISHED
givenBecauseOf brutal enforcement of royal authority
persecution of Presbyterian dissenters
givenBy opponents of John Graham of Claverhouse
hasConnotation bloody
grim
hasSubject John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount Dundee NERFINISHED
implies bloody repression
cruelty
language Scots
moralJudgment negative
opposedBy Scottish Covenanters NERFINISHED
portrayedAs persecutor of the godly in Covenanter literature
refersTo John Graham of Claverhouse NERFINISHED
relatedConcept Covenanters NERFINISHED
Royalist repression in Scotland
Scottish Jacobitism NERFINISHED
relatedToEvent Battle of Bothwell Bridge NERFINISHED
Covenanter uprisings
Killing Time in Scotland NERFINISHED
timePeriod late 17th century
usedBy Scottish Covenanters NERFINISHED
usedIn 17th century Scotland
viewedAs villain in Presbyterian tradition

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Viscount Dundee nickname Bluidy Clavers
subject surface form: John Graham of Claverhouse