Malignants

Malignants is a name used for the advisors of Charles I of England, chief among whom were Strafford and Laud; were so called by the Parliamentarians, who blamed them for the evils of the country; the name was afterwards applied to the whole Royalist party.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. Wood 1907, "Malignants".

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Malignants". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne. 


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