HST 632 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: William Kiffin, Militia Ordinance, Fifth Monarchists
27 Feb 2018
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85,000 soldiers died in battle: accidents untrained civilians approx. 300 deaths: biggest casualty numbers lie in disease brought on by warfare approx. 100,000 deaths: very poor living conditions for soldiers lack of proper shelter, clothing, food, etc, soldiers passed on diseases to each other and civilians, therefore, approx. 3. 6% of the total population died due to the civil war (compared to. Interiors of churches were stripped of all decoration, and walls were whitewashed: the result is a religious free-for-all. Other religious groups (small but mighty: baptist, have their roots from the anabaptists, congregationalist (no national church structure) Constitutional revolution, 1640-49: first phase: 1640-41 change with the king"s consent, second phase: 1642-47 began with militia ordinance of 1642 claim that the two houses of. Parliament can, if necessary, exercise supreme authority without the king"s consent: 1642-37 parliament passed over 550 ordinances, third phase: 1648-49 pride"s purge, trial and execution of king, abolition of monarchy and the house of lords (1649)
