Information AboutSelf-denying Ordinance |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT SELF-DENYING ORDINANCE | |
| 1644 in law | |
| 1645 in law | |
| 1644 in england | |
| 1645 in england | |
| english civil war | |
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Its purpose was ostensibly to promote the professionalism of the armed forces; but there were those who thought that the Presbyterian leaders of the army were not prosecuting the war against the king forcefully enough. They wanted to promote Oliver Cromwell , who was exempted from the terms of the ordinance. This cleared the way for a new generation of specialist non-aristocratic generals to introduce army reform, culminating in the New Model Army and more effective and determined soldiering. The chief losers were Essex and Manchester who resigned their commissions. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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