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Covenanters
Covenanters , in Scottish history, groups of Presbyterians bound by oath to sustain each other in the defense of their religion. The first formal Covenant was signed in 1557, signaling the beginning of the Protestant effort to seize power in Scotland. It was renewed thereafter at times of crisis, mo... Read more
Covenanters
Covenanters , in Scottish history, groups of Presbyterians bound by oath to sustain each other in the defense of their religion. The first formal Covenant was signed in 1557, signaling the beginning of the Protestant effort to seize power in Scotland. It was renewed thereafter at times of crisis, mo... Read more
Robert Leighton
Robert Leighton 1611-84, Scottish prelate and classical scholar. After several years in France, where he seems to have developed an admiration for the Jansenists, he became (1641) a Presbyterian minister in Midlothian and signed the Covenant in 1643 (see Covenanters ). A noted preacher, he was mad... Read more
James Sharp
James Sharp 1613-79, Scottish prelate. As a Presbyterian minister, Sharp became (1650) a leader of the moderate wing of the Scottish church called the Resolutioners. He was captured (1651) by Oliver Cromwell's forces and imprisoned until 1652. Sent (1657) to London to represent the interests of the... Read more
Donald Cargill
Donald Cargill 1619?-1681, Scottish Covenanter . He was a minister in Glasgow from c.1655 until 1662, when he was expelled for denouncing the Restoration and resisting the establishment of the episcopacy in Scotland. After escaping wounded from the battle of Bothwell Bridge (1679), he joined Richa... Read more
Stranraer
Stranraer , town (1991 pop. 10,766), Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland, at the head of Loch Ryan. A fishing port, it has a prosperous trade with Northern Ireland. Food processing is an industry. Viscount Dundee occupied the 15th-century castle while suppressing Covenanters in Galloway in 1682. Nort... Read more
Richard Cameron
Richard Cameron kăm´eren , 1648-1680, Scottish leader of the Cameronians, an extreme group of Covenanters . In 1672, under the influence of the open-air preacher John Welch, he became a Covenanter preacher and was known for his eloquence. Strongly opposing the measures aimed at reestabl... Read more
John Graham of Claverhouse Dundee, 1st Viscount
John Graham of Claverhouse Dundee, 1st Viscount , 1649?-1689, Scottish soldier, known as Bonnie Dundee. After service abroad under William of Orange (later William III of England), he returned (1678) to Scotland to help in the suppression of the Covenanters , a task to which he devoted himself for ... Read more
Alexander Leslie Leven, 1st earl of
Alexander Leslie Leven, 1st earl of , 1580?-1661, Scottish general. He served in the Swedish army some 30 years, being knighted by Gustavus II and fighting in the Thirty Years War. Returning to Scotland in 1638, he led the army of the Covenanters in the Bishops' Wars . Charles I made him earl in ... Read more
Dundee
Dundee city (1991 pop. 172,294) and council area, E central Scotland, on the Firth of Tay. It is a port and manufacturing city. Dundee is historically known for its manufacture and processing of jute. Its marmalade is also famous. Textiles, including canvas, linen, rope, and carpet, remain economic... Read more

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Covenanters
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Covenanters , in Scottish history, groups of Presbyterians...English Book of Common Prayer. The Covenanters successfully resisted the king's armies...restored to the throne. As a result, the Covenanters fought for Charles I in the second civil...
covenanters
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History covenanters. As supporters of the Scottish National Covenant (1638) they sought to preserve presbyterianism in Scotland and oppose royal...
Reformed Presbyterians
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History Reformed Presbyterians ( Covenanters ). Like the Seceders these were...18th century. They are called Covenanters because of their adherence to the...of the Scottish church led the Covenanters to secede, constituting themselves...
Robert Leighton
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...and signed the Covenant in 1643 (see Covenanters ). A noted preacher, he was made principal...led to accusations of treason by the Covenanters and to lukewarm feelings on the part...the government's persecution of the Covenanters, he tried to resign, only to be appointed...
Old Mortality
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature ...friend of his father, the fanatical Covenanter, John Balfour of Burley. Morton narrowly...this injustice, joins the insurgent Covenanters. He accordingly becomes one of their...is in love. The final defeat of the Covenanters at Bothwell Bridge, and his own capture...
Pentland rising
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...clandestine conventicles continued after the Restoration, the covenanters fined for not attending their parish churches. In November...at Dalry, near New Galloway, sparked off a rising. The covenanters occupied Dumfries and advanced upon Edinburgh by way of Lanark...
James Sharp
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...of Scotland and thereupon embarked on a policy of severe repression of the principles of the Covenanters . He was murdered by a group of Covenanters on Magus Moor. In Scottish history Sharp is usually pictured as a hated figure.
Alexander Leslie Leven, 1st earl of
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Returning to Scotland in 1638, he led the army of the Covenanters in the Bishops' Wars . Charles I made him earl in 1641...of the army to his nephew David Leslie before the Scottish Covenanters (by then royalists) were defeated (1650) at Dunbar...
James Graham Montrose, 5th earl and 1st marquess of
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...to the earldom in 1626 and, feeling slighted by Charles I , joined the Covenanters in 1638. At first he was active in enforcing the Covenant and served in the Covenanters' army in the Bishops' Wars . However, he came to fear a Presbyterian...
Archibald Campbell Argyll, 8th earl of and 1st marquess of
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...after the outbreak of the English civil war Argyll represented the Covenanters in negotiating (1643) the alliance with the English parliamentarians. He commanded the Covenanter army against the earl of Montrose and was repeatedly defeated...

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Covenanter
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Covenanter Originally a Scot who opposed the ecclesiastical...Scotland and all sections of society, Covenanters subscribed to the National Covenant...episcopacy was re-established, and Covenanters were badly treated. In 1690, the Presbyterian...
covenanters
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History covenanters As supporters of the Scottish National Covenant (1638) they sought to preserve presbyterianism in Scotland. After defeating...
Covenanters
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Covenanters. Bodies of Presbyterians in Scotland who bound themselves by oath to maintain the cause of their religion. Various small covenants...
Presbyterianism
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...after the eighteenth century. Two, the Covenanters and the Seceders, reflect particular...United States of America (PCUSA). Covenanters and Seceders If Old World norms imposed...ideal of the oldest of these groups, Covenanters, was to preserve the autonomy of the...
Bishops' Wars
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...introduced in Scotland. This spurred the COVENANTERS into abolishing the episcopacy. The...his new recruits were no match for the Covenanters, he made peace at Berwick. For the...Parliament, but his army was routed by the Covenanters at Newburn, near Newcastle upon Tyne...
Montrose, James Graham, 1st Marquess of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...irregulars, inflicted a dramatic series of defeats on the stronger Covenanter forces in the north (1644–45) before being defeated...to restore the new king Charles II, but was betrayed to the Covenanters and hanged.
Ephrem, St
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...Nusaybin in E. Turkey) where after his baptism he joined the ascetic and celibate circle in the church known as ‘covenanters’. He attended the famous theological school in Nisibis, and was ordained deacon (never priest ). After the...
Whig
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology Whig ( w- ) †yokel; adherent of the Presbyterian cause in Scotland (esp. one of the rebellious covenanters who marched on Edinburgh in 1648); exclusioner (opposing succession of James, duke of York) XVII; from 1689, one of...
Solemn League and Covenant
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Solemn League and Covenant an agreement made in 1643 between the English Parliament and the Scottish Covenanters during the English Civil War, by which the Scots would provide military aid in return for the establishment of a Presbyterian system in England, Scotland, and Ireland.
true
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...true. true-blue in early use (from the mid 17th century), applied to the Scottish Presbyterian or Whig party, the Covenanters having adopted blue as their colour in contradistinction to the royal red . Later (in the current sense), staunchly loyal...

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MILLENNIUM LIFE; March of the Covenanters.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 6/19/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Edinburgh, a force of 900 Covenanters was defeated by Dalyell...This repression turned the Covenanters into martyrs. In 1679...troops were defeated by a Covenanter force at Drumclog on the...could and would be shot. The Covenanters held fast. The 1680s became...
Congregation is gone, but time hasn't changed at Covenanter Church in Vernon
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 10/13/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...vote in public elections. Covenanter John Baird was suspended...particularly open. "The covenanters were not out to evangelize...church if you were a Scot or a covenanter." Vernon was settled by...Watson said. But the covenanters, "they never changed...
Chignecto covenanters: a regional history of Reformed Presbyterians in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
Magazine article from: Presbyterian Record; 7/1/1997; 700+ words ; The Chignecto Covenanters: A Regional History...Presbyterians, also known as Covenanters, to unite with The...Hay concludes that the Covenanter movement failed because...the spirit of the Covenanters needs to be remembered...
SCOTLAND'S SCARIEST PLACE; The Covenanters' Prison is one of the 10 most spooky sites in the world and even the birds steer well clear of it these days.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 2/24/2001; 700+ words ; ...world and asked Colin to show them the Covenanters' Prison at Greyfriars. Last year he...in the top left hand corner, at the Covenanters' Prison, the atmosphere is so eerie...died are said to lie trapped at the Covenanters' Prison. The site is visited by dozens...
Scotland's Covenanter martyrs who shaped faith of firebrand Ian Paisley
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 9/29/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...stakes. The widow and the teenager were Covenanter sympathisers, a cause Northern Ireland...he empathised with the cause of the Covenanters, describing Protestantism as a "martyred...earthy ruler in the Church of God. "The Covenanters chose death rather than life when impaled...
Man not a covenanter, say museum experts
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 9/27/2000; 401 words ; ...Cambusnethan bog man was a 17th century Covenanter have been refuted by scientific tests...scene of many skirmishes between the Covenanters and their persecutors, examination...eighteenth or nineteenth century, after the Covenanters' heyday. He may simply have been a...
GRIM END FOR A COVENANTER MADE OF STEEL STORY 7: DAVID STEEL
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 1/16/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...democracy. The Steel who was murdered was a Covenanter and as such "stood for the rule of...tyranny" ( James Barr, The Scottish Covenanters). When Charles II came to the throne...battle of Bothwell Brig in 1679, the Covenanters, with David Steel among them, were...
Covenanters online.(Letter to the editor)
Magazine article from: Presbyterian Record; 1/1/2009; ; 416 words ; ...our knees while others do? Do they know of the Scottish Covenanters who signed that parchment in thier own blood and why they...ask the children to look on the internet for say "Scottish Covenanters" and get their parents to help them. On the following Sunday...
Banner headline for Covenanters
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 2/19/2002; ; 559 words ; ...hanging on a library wall. It was thought the 323-year-old Covenanters' flag would have to be removed permanently from public display...of Bothwell Bridge. On 22 June, 1679, more than 6,000 Covenanters gathered a mile outside Hamilton, Lanarkshire, to defend...
Castle plays host to covenanters
Newspaper article from: Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK); 5/21/2007; 409 words ; ...Scottish history - the English Civil War. Visitors looked on as Covenanters recruited and trained troops to battle the English and defend...the castle, north of Brechin, to re-enact the Scottish Covenanters' preparations on the eve of their efforts to keep lands...