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Revision as of 18:30, 14 January 2025 by Lhimec (talk | contribs) (See also)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Black Oath was a 1639 oath that Scots in Ulster who were over the age of 16 were required to take under penalty of a fine or imprisonment.
The oath was aimed at stopping Covenanters: it required rejecting the National Covenant, an agreement signed by many people of Scotland during 1638, which opposed the proposed Laudian reforms of the Church of Scotland by King Charles I; and loyalty or obedience to the king.
The oath was reportedly framed by Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery and James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye and recommended by Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, the Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1632 to 1640, who urged its enforcement throughout the country starting on 21 May 1639.
The imposition of the Black Oath was related to the larger context of religious and political matters leading up to and including the Bishops' Wars of 1639 and 1640 in Scotland and northern England.
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References
- "Reformation History". reformationhistory.org.
- Tosh, Robert (18 September 2014). "Presbyterianism". Wars & Conflict - The Plantation of Ulster: Religious Legacy. BBC. p. 1. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- "BBC - History - Wars and Conflicts - Plantation of Ulster - Religious Legacy - Presbyterianism". www.bbc.co.uk.
- "The Settlement Story | Discover Ulster-Scots". discoverulsterscots.com.
- Thompson, Mark (2006g). "The Dawn of the Ulster-Scots - Part Seven: Scotland's National Covenant, The Black Oath and the 1641 Massacre" (PDF). The Ulster-Scot July 2006. Archived from the original on 28 July 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2019.