This article is about the 17th-century Parliamentarian military. For the band, see New Model Army (band).
New Model Army
The Souldiers Catechiſme:[1] Religious justification for the New Model Army
Active
1645–1660
Country
Commonwealth of England
Allegiance
Council of State (1649–1653; 1659–1660)
Lord Protector (1653–1659)
Type
Army
Engagements
First English Civil War
Second English Civil War
Conquest of Ireland
Third English Civil War
First Anglo-Dutch War
Second Anglo-Spanish War
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief
Thomas Fairfax, George Monck
Notable commanders
Oliver Cromwell, Thomas Pride, John Lambert, Henry Ireton, William Lockhart
Military unit
The New Model Army or New Modelled Army was a standing army formed in 1645 by the Parliamentarians during the First English Civil War, then disbanded after the Stuart Restoration in 1660. It differed from other armies employed in the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms in that members were liable for service anywhere in the country, rather than being limited to a single area or garrison. To establish a professional officer corps, the army's leaders were prohibited from having seats in either the House of Lords or House of Commons. This was to encourage their separation from the political or religious factions among the Parliamentarians.
The New Model Army was raised partly from among veteran soldiers who already had deeply held Puritan religious beliefs, and partly from conscripts who brought with them many commonly held beliefs about religion or society. Many of its common soldiers therefore held dissenting or radical views unique among English armies. Although the Army's senior officers did not share many of their soldiers' political opinions, their independence from Parliament led to the Army's willingness to contribute to both Parliament's authority and to overthrow the Crown, and to establish a Commonwealth of England from 1649 to 1660, which included a period of direct military rule.
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Global Information
Commonwealth of England