In Long Parliament …the army had done at Pride’s Purge. The surviving group, known to historians as the Rump, brought Charles I to trial and execution in January 1649; it was forcibly ejected in 1653. After the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell, the Rump was restored in May 1659 and expelled in October. It… Read More
role of Pride
In Sir Thomas Pride “Pride’s Purge,” as the incident is called, put the Independents in control of the government. Read More
Rump Parliament
In United Kingdom: Civil war and revolution Pride’s Purge was a last-minute compromise made to prevent absolute military rule. With Cromwell deliberately absent in the north, Ireton was left to stave off the argument, made by the Levelers, that Parliament was hopelessly corrupt and should be dissolved. The decision to proceed by… Read More
