![]() ![]() The purge cleared the way for the execution of Charles in January 1649, and establishment of the Protectorate in 1653 it is considered the only recorded military coup d'état in English history. The next day, soldiers commanded by Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly excluded from the Long Parliament those MPs viewed as their opponents, and arrested 45. According to The Guardian: : His most famous study, Prides Purge: Politics in the Puritan Revolution (1971), is a narrative of the tangle of events. The result was the 1648 Second English Civil War, in which he was defeated once again.Ĭonvinced only his removal could end the conflict, senior commanders of the New Model Army took control of London on 5 December. This allowed him to create an alliance with Scots Covenanters and Parliamentarian moderates to restore him to the English throne. Discover Prides Purge: Politics in the Puritan Revolution by David Underdown and millions of other books available at Barnes & Noble. Removal from the Long Parliament of members considered to be opponents of the New Model Armyĭespite defeat in the First English Civil War, Charles I retained significant political power. Colonel Pride refusing admission to the secluded members of the Long Parliament. /rebates/2f97801982234292fPrides-Purge-Politics-Puritan-Revolution-01982234202fplp&. ![]()
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