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Rump Parliament
Rump Parliament. What remained of the Long Parliament's House of Commons after Pride's Purge. Claiming to be the representative of the sovereign people, it assumed full legislative authority, and its early acts (January–May 1649) set up the tribunal that sentenced Charles I to death, abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords, and declared England to be a commonwealth. Regarded by the army as a mere caretaker government, it soon readmitted many more than its original 70 or so members, forgot its promises of early elections, took on a more conservative temper, and settled down to surviving. It only came under serious pressure to make way for a successor when Cromwell and his officers returned from the wars in Scotland and Ireland in 1651, and even then it sought to hold elections only to the many vacant seats. Eventually it introduced a bill for a genuinely new parliament, but the army remained unsatisfied, and Cromwell forcibly expelled the Rump on 20 April 1653. The army reinstated it in May 1659 after a coup against Richard Cromwell, but interrupted it again from 13 October to 26 December. Its independent existence finally ended when General Monck readmitted the members ‘secluded’ in Pride's Purge on 21 February 1660.
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JOHN CANNON. "Rump Parliament." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Rump Parliament." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-RumpParliament.html JOHN CANNON. "Rump Parliament." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-RumpParliament.html |
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Rump Parliament
Rump Parliament What remained of the Long Parliament's House of Commons after Pride's Purge. It assumed full legislative authority, and its early acts (January–May 1649) set up the tribunal that sentenced Charles I to death, abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords, and declared England to be a commonwealth. Eventually it introduced a bill for a genuinely new parliament, but the army remained unsatisfied, and Cromwell forcibly expelled the Rump on 20 April 1653. The army reinstated it in May 1659 after a coup against Richard Cromwell. Its independent existence finally ended when General Monck readmitted the members ‘secluded’ in Pride's Purge on 21 February 1660.
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JOHN CANNON. "Rump Parliament." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Rump Parliament." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-RumpParliament.html JOHN CANNON. "Rump Parliament." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-RumpParliament.html |
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Rump Parliament
Rump Parliament the part of the Long Parliament which continued to sit after Pride's Purge in 1648, and voted for the trial which resulted in the execution of Charles I. Dissolved by Oliver Cromwell in 1653, the Rump Parliament was briefly reconvened in 1659 but voted its own dissolution early in 1660.
The origin of the name is uncertain; it is said to derive from The Bloody Rump, the name of a paper written before the trial, the word being popularized after a speech by Major General Brown, given at a public assembly; it is alternatively said to have been coined by Clem Walker in his History of Independency (1648), as a term for those strenuously opposing the king. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Rump Parliament." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Rump Parliament." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-RumpParliament.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Rump Parliament." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-RumpParliament.html |
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Rump Parliament
Rump Parliament The remnant of the English LONG PARLIAMENT, which continued to sit after PRIDE'S PURGE (1648). In 1649 it ordered Charles I's execution, abolished both monarchy and House of Lords, and established the COMMONWEALTH. Its members were mostly gentlemen, motivated by self-interest, and its policies were generally unpopular. Oliver CROMWELL expelled the Rump in April 1653. Six years later it was recalled to mark the end of the PROTECTORATE; in 1660 the members excluded by Pride were readmitted, and the Long Parliament dissolved itself in preparation for the RESTORATION of the monarchy.
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"Rump Parliament." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Rump Parliament." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-RumpParliament.html "Rump Parliament." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-RumpParliament.html |
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Rump Parliament
Rump Parliament (1648–53) Name given to the Long Parliament in England after 140 members were expelled. Unrepresentative and quarrelsome, Oliver Cromwell dissolved it in 1653. It was recalled after the collapse of the Protectorate in 1659, and expelled members were reinstated.
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"Rump Parliament." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Rump Parliament." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-RumpParliament.html "Rump Parliament." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-RumpParliament.html |
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Rump Parliament
Rump Parliament see English civil war . |
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"Rump Parliament." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Rump Parliament." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-RumpParl.html "Rump Parliament." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-RumpParl.html |
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