Agreement of the People
1647.A set of counter‐proposals from the radical members of the army, who were concerned at the concessions which the army council had offered the king in the Heads of the Proposals. The Agreement, ...
Confederate War
(1641–53),also known as the Irish Civil War, the War of the Confederation, and the Eleven Years War. Developing out of the rising of 1641, it was part of the ...
Heads of the Proposals
1647.In June 1647 the army had taken custody of Charles I and, in the course of July, Lambert and Ireton worked out a basis for negotiation. The monarchy was to continue and to retain its veto; ...
Ireton, Henry (1611–51) Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Irish History (2 ed.)
(1611–51),
lord deputy and commander of the New Model Army after his father‐in‐law Oliver Cromwell left Ireland in
military revolution
Military revolutions have taken place throughout history, and one of the greatest may be underway now. They involve major changes in the conduct of war and in military organization and ...
Oliver Cromwell
(1599–1658).General and lord protector. It is still difficult to appreciate the unique character of Cromwell's career. In a country governed by custom, precedent, and the common law, Cromwell ...
Pride's Purge
(6 December 1648)An English army coup in the aftermath of the English Civil War, in which Members of Parliament (the exact number is uncertain but it was more than 100) who wished to reach an ...
regicides
After the second civil war in 1648, most army leaders despaired of reaching an agreement with the king and resolved to put him on trial. Fifty‐nine signed Charles's death warrant in January 1649. At ...
suffrage
Since suffrage (the right to vote) can be the key to political power, it has been contentious since representative institutions came into being. The original county franchise seems to have included ...
Tyburn
A place in London, near Marble Arch, where public hangings were held c. 1300–1783. It is named after a tributary of the Thames, which flows in an underground culvert nearby.
William Fiennes Saye and Sele, 1st Viscount
(1582–1662).Saye and Sele was a leading member of the radical, win-the-war faction in the House of Lords during the 1640s. As early as the 1620s he was a critic ...
