National Covenant, Signing of the

1638

In a long-running attempt to draw the Scottish Church together with the English Church, headed by the King, Charles I regarded protests against his new prayer-book as treason, forcing Scots to choose between their church and their King. A covenant, swearing to resist these changes to the death, was signed in Greyfriars Churchyard in Edinburgh. The covenant was taken by thousands of Scots.

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