Covenanters

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Covenanters were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who supported a Presbyterian Church of Scotland and the primacy of its leaders in religious affairs. It originated in disputes with James VI and his son Charles I over church organisation and doctrine, but expanded into political conflict over the limits of royal authority.

Scottish nobleman, poet and soldier of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1612-1650)

Governed Scotland during Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1607-1661)

Scottish soldier, statesman, diplomat, judge, spy and philosopher

Minister of the Church of Scotland and Scottish Reformed theologian

Scottish soldier in Dutch, Swedish and Scottish service (1580-1661)

Scottish politician (1616-1682)

Scottish cavalry officer (1600-1682)

Minister of the Church of Scotland, theologian; (1583-1646)

Minister of the Church of Scotland, theologian (1613-1648)

Minister of the Church of Scotland, Bishop of Dunblane, Archbishop of Glasgow, Principal of the University of Edinburgh

Scottish preacher

hills in Scotland, forming the northern boundary of western Galloway

Scottish priest

Scottish Covenanter (1667-1685)

1679 musical work/composition

Scottish activist