Scottish National Covenant
February 28, 1638
Thousands of Scots signed a national covenant in Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh, pledging to defend Presbyterian worship against Charles I's attempt to impose an Anglican prayer book. The signature sheet passed through the crowd on a tombstone. The Bishops' Wars that followed would help ignite the English Civil War, drawing Scotland into a constitutional crisis that consumed the entire British Isles.
In context
Also in 1638 (2 other events on record)
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Before and after in Europe
Before and after in Religion
Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.
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