9.1.3

Charles I's 'Eleven Years' Tyranny'

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Charles I’s ‘Eleven Years’ Tyranny’

Parliament was not called between 1629 and 1640. This was called the ‘Eleven Years’ Tyranny’.

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Personal Rule

  • During these eleven years, Charles I ruled England without Parliament.
    • This is called ‘personal rule’.
  • Charles I set up a ‘Court of the Star Chamber’ to punish any opponents.
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Raising money

  • Without Parliament, Charles I had to raise money in a different way.
  • Charles I began to use old laws. For example the ‘Distraint of Knighthood’.
    • This stated that anyone earning £40 a year should be a knight, if they were not they had to pay a fine.
  • Charles I also decided to raise taxes on his own. His ‘ship money’ tax was very unpopular.
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Religious policy

  • During the Eleven Years’ Tyranny, Charles I had appointed William Laud as the Archbishop of Canterbury.
  • Laud believed in a branch of Christianity called Arminianism (this was considered similar to Catholicism).
  • Laud introduced religious reforms which were very unpopular.
  • Many people feared that Charles I was paving the way for Catholicism to return.
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The Prayer Book in Scotland

  • Charles I and Laud tried to introduce a new prayer book in Scotland.
  • This was a very unpopular move and Charles I could not cope with the opposition.
  • Charles I needed Parliament to gain money to send an army to Scotland.

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1The Medieval World: 450-1450 AD

1.1Anglo-Saxon England

1.2The Contest for the English Throne

1.3Conquering the Holy Land, 10-96-1396 AD

1.4King John

1.5The Magna Carta & Parliament

1.6The Black Death

2Worldviews

3The Empire of Mali

4The Renaissance & Reformations, 1500-1598 AD

5The British Empire, 1583-1960 AD

6The Peasants' Revolt

7Religion in the Middle Ages

8Slavery, 1619-1833 AD

9The English Civil War, 1642-1660

10The Industrial Revolution, 1750-1840

11US Independence, 1775-1783

12The French Revolution, 1789-1815

13The British Empire, 1857–1930

14Suffrage

15World War 1, 1914-1918

16The Inter-War Years, 1919-1939

17World War 2, 1939-1945

18The Cold War, 1947-1962

19Civil Rights in the USA, 1954-1975

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