1-THE PROTECTORATE ERA CROMWELL 1 Flashcards
(14 cards)
upbringing
social conservative, believe repesention of the people was the corner stone of liberty
cromwell insisted to be called lord protectorate, not king title
but he had….
had monarchal powers, single chamber parliment to be called every 3 years (no hol)
-could dissolve parliment but had to be in session for 5 months
-rule by ordinance when palriment absent
-standing amry of 30k men
cromwell- frist protectorate parlament sep 54- jan 55
some mps banned for not being known intergeaty (john wildmand) it proved to be a conservative body with former royaslit and prebysterins
period between major general and first protectorate:
penruddock rising
the was a royalist cooridnaited uprising, but this was squashed and exeucted, took part by colonel penruddock in Wiltshire
period between major general and first protectorate:
western design
naval expeiton on west indies to take over Spanish as they dominated trade> this did not work so Cromwell saw this as a sign from god and to take miliatristic ways
major genrals- godly reform
water to make simplsic and Pure way of life- banned broiled, laws on gambling, regulating alehouses, laws agsint drunkess, poor laws mroe efficient
major genrals was unpopular
local jp ahd mroe power than major genrals
cooridnaited with religious radicle sects> made concenrvative gentry feel threatened
civilians resented that civilian rule had been took over by military rule
major genrals carried out their orders inconsistently
costing the public 230k per year
western design became a large scale war so had to call back aplriemnt to get funding for it
major genrals recommned elections
claiming they would posivley influence, but this was not the case, as it failed to produce an obedient palriemnt but still supported the war.
THE SECOND PROTECTORATE: liberty of consciousness
religious tolerance
1.right of indiaudl to own faith
2.state defines what is an accetblae practise of an indisuald faith
2P:cromwell- Catholicism
cromwell was anti catholic but dedicated to the liberty of conscious, appioinemt. of 6 catholics bishops via pope but had limited power
had to accept cromwell had protectorate
=est profivosn for ctaholcis to practice but not spread their relgion
2P:judaism
1290- Edward I got rid of jewish from English but Cromwell secretly allowed them to come back in but they had to change / covetred for the apltoceoty change
2P:challenges to toleration
various sects (ranters) had their own boudoirs of what was orthodox and hertical- this became unbalanced with the case of James Tyler
2P:case of James nyler
quauqaer, rode donkey to Bristol, cromwell didnt like quakers as they didnt pay their tax and disrupted church services, blasphemy act against him
