HIST1083 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Tyrant, Roundhead, Constitutionalism
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Anarchy in the uk: the english revolutions (1534-1688) Sets england on a road to modernity. Henry splits from catholic church and forms anglican church in 1534. Refusal to recognize henry as head of church punishable by death. Character in the pacification of rival religious factions. Still expected total loyalty as queen publicly. Rise of new commercial class challenges old order. Loose group of radicals within anglican church. For individual and family rights- little commonwealth or state. Scared to assert themselves because of persecutions. Want to purify english church of catholic-like ritual and hierarchy. Soldiers cannot be put up in private houses. Reconvenes 1640 but too late to avoid war. Raise taxes for new war against scots and irish. Embodiment of discipline of puritan parliamentary forces. Open to the idea of the return of a king. 15000 men and chases james out of town. 1689 asserts supremacy of parliament, personal liberties, curtails royal power.
