HIS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Calvinism, Absolute Monarchy, Puritans
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1541 parliament passed a law which made ireland part of england so rulers of. 1603 a new ruling dynasty came to england: the stuarts. Had been the rulers of scotland for over 100 years previously. At this point, england and scotland were joined together so the kings of. Scotland became the kings of england the union of the crowns. King james vi of scotland became king james i of england. The civil war was sometimes referred to the war of three kingdoms. James i inherited a kingdom that had had a lot of religious strife. He first encountered religious strife in scotland because of the. Presbyterian church which had evolved from calvinism: while king of scotland, james tried to force bishops on the. Presbyterian church and faced a lot of resistance: he believed the calvinists in scotland should worship the same way the church of england was worshiping.