History A-Level

Army vs Parliament

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The tension between the conservative republican Rump Parliament and the army, whose demand for radical godly reform led Cromwell to forcibly dissolve the Rump in April 1653.

AQA · 1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702 – From Republic to restored and limited monarchy, 1649–1678 (A-level only) (study guide)

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1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702 – From Republic to restored and limited monarchy, 1649–1678 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)

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