chapter 9 long parliament Flashcards
why was the long parliament called the long parliament and when did it begin?
it didn’t dissolve until 1660 and was first called on 3 november 1640
what did MPs want?
reform from within as opposed to war
what was included in the bedford financial settlement?
abolition of most confrontational financial and political aspects of the personal rule, a separate financial settlement to be agreed by parliament and charles and a return to the elizabethan protestant church
why did the bedford settlement not work?
charles refused to settle and bedford died in 1641
why was went worth impeached nov 1640?
parliament hoped it would make charles accept settlement and rule with more limited power and meant wentworth could be replaced with more godly MPs such as pym
why was wentworth unpopular with parliament?
regarded as having the power to make charles absolutist - very loyal and could deal with conflict
specifically why was wentworth impeached ?
used as a scapegoat - direct attack on charles would undermine divine right and cause a revolution involving those outside of the political nation
what was the bill of attainder?
medieval method - allowed anyone who was seen as a threat to the state to be removed by parliament without trial
why was the bill of attainder so chaotic?
bedford cautious as he didn’t want to provoke charles by impeaching wentworth, scots declared there would not be peace until the bishops wars had ended and wentworth was dead, army plot and protestation oath unfolding, charles ordered officers to return to army in the north - made people thinking he was planning to dissolve parliament or use the army against them
what was the army plot?
that officers would seize the tower of london and release wentworth (currently imprsioned), charles’ involvement unproven but MPs belived he was involved
what did parliament pass in response to the army plot?
a bill stating that they could not bedissolved without their consent
what was the protestation oath
drawn up by parliament stating that catholicism and absolutism were linked and that there was a plot to establish them
why did charles give royal assent to wentowrth’s impeachment and the bills passed by parliament?
theere was an increased presence of the london crowd and a tense atmoshphere - feared for his life and his family
when was wentworth executed and what was the impact on charles?
12 may 1641 and made charles less willing to negotiate with parliament
what was the influence of the london mob?
london radicals in support of parliament, root and branch petition - demanded end of bishops and episcopacy, radical common council organised support for pym, made charles and fam fear for safety
