After the Long Parliament was purged in 1648, the Rump Parliament brought charges against this king
Pride's Purge brought the 
Parliament to heel, under the direct control of the Army; the remaining Commons 
(the Rump)... [DOC] [TLE] Long Parliament | British history | Britannica.com [PAR] The English Parliament summoned in November 1640 by King Charles I; it has 
been ... raise the money he needed to wage the second Bishops' War against the 
Scots, ... During its first nine months it brought down the king's advisers, swept 
away the ... After the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell, the Rump was restored in 
May... [DOC] [TLE] English Civil War| Oliver Cromwell & England as a Republic [PAR] With the death of King Charles I in 1649 England became a republic.