HY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Tabula Rasa, Puritans, Rump Parliament
29 Jan 2018
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Constitutionalism developed in response to the crisis of the mid-17th century. The importance of the question of legitimacy: divine right, natural law, social contracts. Religious conflict: 39 articles of rebellion (1571) Challenges from spain over netherlands: spanish armada (1588) Execution of mary, queen of scots (1587: elizabeth"s sister. Demographic downturn: of inhabitants of the holy roman empire died during the thirty-years war, straightened living conditions. Charles i against parliament over scotland: short and long parliaments, cavaliers (king) vs. roundheads (parliament) Oliver cromwell and the new model army (parliament: levelers and the fight for equality, naseby (1645) How should england (and scotland and ireland) be governed?) Ru(cid:373)p parlia(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:894)what"s left(cid:895: dissolved by cromwell in 1653. Cromwell as lord protector: rejected crown and parliament. Smoldering resentments of charles ii and james ii over religion and social strife: (cid:1005)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)"s of purita(cid:374)s lost jobs. Mary went against father, allied with dutch republic: estates general, elected officers, strong economy, tolerance.
