Parliament signs the Solemn League and Covenant
1643 · Event
Losing the war, the English Parliament buys a Scottish army with a promise to reform religion 'according to the example of the best reformed churches' — Presbyterianism, the Scots understand. The alliance wins Marston Moor and plants the seeds of a decade of betrayals.
On these timelines: Scotland, English Civil War, Master, England, United Kingdom (combined)
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