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<p> Cromwell's Little Parliament, met 4th | <p> Cromwell's Little Parliament, met 4th July 1653; derisively called Barebone's Parliament, from one Praise-God Barebone, a member of it. "If not the remarkablest Assembly, yet the [[Assembly]] for the remarkablest purpose," says Carlyle, "that ever met in the modern world; the business being no less than introducing of the [[Christian]] religion into real practice in the social affairs of this nation.... In this it failed, could not but fail, with what we call the [[Devil]] and all his angels against it, and the Little [[Parliament]] had to go its ways again," 12th December in the same year. </p> | ||
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Barebone'S Parliament [1]
Cromwell's Little Parliament, met 4th July 1653; derisively called Barebone's Parliament, from one Praise-God Barebone, a member of it. "If not the remarkablest Assembly, yet the Assembly for the remarkablest purpose," says Carlyle, "that ever met in the modern world; the business being no less than introducing of the Christian religion into real practice in the social affairs of this nation.... In this it failed, could not but fail, with what we call the Devil and all his angels against it, and the Little Parliament had to go its ways again," 12th December in the same year.
