A History of Modern Europe - From the Renaissance to the Present

212 Ch. 6 • England and the Dutch Republic true Church of England. They constituted not more than 10 percent of the population, ...

Religious Divisions 213 and began impeachment proceedings against the duke of Buckingham. However, Buckingham disappeared as a s ...

214 Ch. 6 • England and the Dutch Republic ( Riot in St. Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh, when the bishop begins to read from the An ...

The English Civil War 215 royal finances, nor did he have the right to impose taxes without historical precedent. While Parliame ...

216 Ch. 6 • England and the Dutch Republic John Pym. numerous among the lesser gentry in eastern England, areas that took the si ...

The English Civil War 217 Puritans, who narrowly controlled the House of Commons, wanted to reform both church and state. Wealth ...

218 Ch. 6 • England and the Dutch Republic Map 6.1 The English Civil War Major battles during the English Civil War, as well as ...

The English Civil War 219 Oliver Cromwell and the New Model Army In 1643, Parliament allied with the Scots, many of whom were Pr ...

220 Ch. 6 England and the Dutch Republic Crowds watch Puritan soldiers leaving London, c. 1647. Note the “roundheads” and the ar ...

The English Civil War 221 appeared to hold back as if wary of the consequences of victory. Even some gentry who had taken the si ...

222 Ch. 6 • England and the Dutch Republic London Levellers. This text anticipated later theorists by claiming that all “freebor ...

The English Civil War^223 Eyewitness depiction of Charles Vs execution, January 30, 1649. the next 300 years. The Scottish Prote ...

224 Ch. 6 • England and the Dutch Republic But, like Charles I before him, he was obliged to recall Parliament the fol­ lowing y ...

The English Civil War^225 The coronation of King Charles 11 in 1661. because the return of monarchy seemed to end the extended p ...

226 Ch. 6 • England and the Dutch Republic England’s ships were trading with India or America. Exports and imports increased by ...

The Glorious Revolution 227 Catholics and Dissident Protestant groups. The hostile reaction to his deci­ sion, however, forced t ...

228 Ch. 6 • England and the Dutch Republic The prince regent riding a horse along a street strewn with the heads of members of t ...

The Glorious Revolution 229 The context of European international politics seemed favorable to William. Louis XIV’s revocation o ...

230 Ch. 6 • England and the Dutch Republic William marched cautiously to London, encouraged by defections from James’s cause. U ...

The Golden Age of the Dutch Republic 231 lar disorder ebbed. Benefiting from the consensus of 1688, the elite of wealthy landown ...