HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: English Civil War, Protestantism, Military Dictatorship
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Became a homogenous country in the 16th century. 1: >english nobility languished under elizabeth, didn"t want all of them to be there. Sunday, april 17, y: middle class became the new source of power, 1. Land owners that were not noble (country gentry) >any force that stood in the way of this progress was wrong. >gentry >new perspective in how the world should work. >the house of commons wanted to define what was the essence to be an. >petition of right >basic rights of an englishman. But he tried to repeal it > prorogued the parliament. Ruled like a king, did not call a parliament session for 11 years. In response, created an extra-legal and extra-parliamentary organization. Last draw >tried to impose the anglican bible on presbyterian scots, scots declared war. After much argument, they managed to settle to something. >the radicals wanted to reform the system. >but charles i, wanted to arrest the puritans.
