LONG PARLIAMENT


Meaning of LONG PARLIAMENT in English

the English parliament first called to meet by King Charles I in 1640. Its opposition to the king led to the English Civil War between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists . Many of its members were dismissed in 1648 and it became known as the Rump Parliament . This was itself dismissed in 1653. At the Restoration in 1660 a new parliament was created.

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