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The intention of the army leaders was to have an assembly more congenial to themselves than the Rump Parliament had been, but in the six months in which the Nominated Assembly sat, the growing strength of the Fifth Monarchy Men became ever more apparent. Fearing their ultra-radical ideas, which crystallised in an attack on Tithes , the conservative faction led by Major-General John Lambert , supported by the use of troops to deny access to the radical factions, engineered a vote for the dissolution of the assembly, which was passed on December 12 , 1653. The collapse of the radical consensus which had spawned the Nominated Assembly led to the Grandee s passing the Instrument Of Government in the Council Of State which paved the way for Cromwell's Protectorate . The Barebones Parliament was preceded by the Rump Parliament and succeeded by the First Protectorate Parliament . See also External links
Bibliography From Cromwell:The Oliver Comwell Website: a select bibliography of books and articles :
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