Council of Officers

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The Council of Officers was a powerful military leadership body of the New Model Army that played a key role in shaping England’s government during the Interregnum.

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Council of Officers canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military council
political body
activeDuring English Interregnum
linked to: Interregnum

Interregnum
associatedWithEvent English Civil War
Pride's Purge
Restoration crisis of 1659–1660
establishment of the Commonwealth of England
establishment of the Protectorate
rule of Oliver Cromwell
rule of Richard Cromwell
trial of Charles I
country England
dissolvedWith Restoration of the monarchy in 1660
exertedPowerOver Barebone's Parliament
Parliament of England
Protectorate Parliaments
Rump Parliament
hasMember colonels of the New Model Army
generals of the New Model Army
officers of the New Model Army
senior army officers
hasRole advisory body
military leadership
political leadership
ideologicallyLinkedTo Independents (English Civil War faction)
army radicals
influenced Protectorate government
constitutional experiments in England
government of England
political settlement after English Civil War
involvedIn drafting of the Humble Petition and Advice
drafting of the Instrument of Government
operatedIn British Isles
England
partOf New Model Army
proposed constitutional settlements
political reforms
relatedTo Commonwealth of England
New Model Army
Oliver Cromwell
Protectorate
sometimesOpposed Rump Parliament
civilian politicians
supported Commonwealth of England
Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell
linked to: Oliver Cromwell
timePeriod 1640s
1650s
mid-17th century

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