The Politicization of the New Model Army (1647 onwards) Flashcards
When was the Self-Denying Ordinance? What did this enable?
April 1645: Enabled commanders to be more professional as it made it unable for MPs to be members of the Army.
Where were Grandees typically from?
lower gentry
How were promotions gained in the army?
Based on merit not social class - meaning those of lower class could rise to high class.
Most regiments had chaplains, were they radical or moderate?
Radical: offered religious guidance through sermons.
Army of “saints”: what did this mean?
Godly - saw themselves as godly men acting as the Lord’s instrument.
What was the idea of Providence?
Gods will is brought about via people’s actions on earth - viewed parliaments ultimate victory in the civil war as a sign from God, god willed royalism to be destroyed.
Puritan’s often fought with zeal, many in the rank and file were members of what radical sects?
Baptists and Fifth Monarchists.
Many soldiers had taken to lay preaching, what was this?
Preaching without a license.
Many soldiers were in arrears by the end of the civil war, what did this mean?
They were owed money.
What does politicization mean?
Becoming politically aware or involved.
How was the Army politicized?
Their interests and struggles were encompassed in recent peace process - such as Leveller ideas.
They began to demand a role in setting the agenda putting their senior officers in difficult decisions.
What was the Army Petition and when was it?
1647 March 17th: Parliament calling for arrears of pay, indemnity from prosecution and freedom from any conscription was condemned as treason in commons.
What month did the Army begin to elect representatives such as Agitators to voice their grievances?
1647 April
When was he second Army Petition?
May 1647
When did the Cornet George Joyce seize the King?
4th June 1647
