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Long Parliament

Type Event Region Europe Time 1640–1650

Convened by Charles I in 1640 to fund the war against Scotland, the Long Parliament became the core stage of England's constitutional crisis and civi…

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  1. 1640–1641Palace of Westminster · LondonThe Long Parliament convened in November 1640; members refused to grant funds unconditionally, forcing the king to concede. In 1641 it passed acts such as the Triennial Act limiting royal power, and impeached and executed the Earl of Strafford, sharply escalating the conflict between Parliament and the Crown.
  2. 1641–1642Westminster · LondonIn November 1641 Parliament passed the Grand Remonstrance systematically accusing the king's intimates and policies; in October of the same year the Irish Rebellion broke out, and king and Parliament distrusted each other over command of the forces for suppression. In early 1642 the king attempted to arrest opposition members, bringing civil war to the brink.
  3. 1642–1646England · EnglandAfter the English Civil War broke out in 1642, the Long Parliament raised the New Model Army and controlled taxation and diplomacy; after the Battle of Naseby in 1645 the royalist cause was effectively lost, and the parliamentary side held the machinery of state, though divisions between Independents and Presbyterians intensified.
  4. 1647–1650Westminster · LondonAfter the purge of the Rump Parliament at the end of 1648, Charles I was executed in January 1649, the monarchy abolished, and England declared a republic; in 1650 Parliament authorized Cromwell's expedition to Ireland, while the remnant Long Parliament (the Rump) grew ever more instrumentalized under army pressure.

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