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Rump Parliament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Rump Parliament was the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I...
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After the purge of December 1648, the Rump Parliament consisted of around eighty MPs. Supported by the New Model Army, the Rump declared itself "the supreme power in this nation" on 4 January 1649 with authority to pass Acts of Parliament without the consent of the King or the House of Lords.
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Rump Parliament - 1649-1653 ... A Wisdom Archive on Rump Parliament - 1649-1653 ... A selection of articles related to Rump Parliament - 1649-165...
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A selection of articles related to Commonwealth of England - The Rump Parliament 1649–53 ... Commonwealth of England - The Rump Parliament 1649–53: Encyclopedia - Commonwealth of England...
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Since 1649, the term "rump parliament" has been used to refer to any parliament left over after the true parliament has formally dissolved.
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Main article Rump Parliament ... Note that according to royalist legal theory, the Long Parliament was regarded as having been automatically dissolved form the moment of Charles I's execution on 30 January 1649.
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This Rump Parliament, as it was called, governed England with an authority wich no assembly in England, before or since, has possessed (Of course the " Rump " had no claim whatsoever to be considered representative of ... Home; From the Civil War to the Restoration, 1645-1660; The rule of the "Rump Parliament", 1649-1653;
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