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Fifth monarchy
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a universal monarchy, supposed to be the subject of prophecy in Daniel ii.; the four preceding monarchies being Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman. See Fifth Monarchy men, under Fifth.

See also: Monarchy



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In 1663, Particular Baptist preacher Paul Hobson conspired with a group of Fifth Monarchists and ex-Cromwell officers in the Farnely Wood plot.
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In Venner's two risings in 1657 and 1661 and in the texts that supported them, A Standard Set up and The Door of Hope, it is rather clear that these Fifth Monarchists more than Trapnel and her followers "took on the role of an organizing oppositional vanguard for small producers and the poor" and revealed "a vision of power from below.
Ehud's Dagger: Class Struggle in the English Revolution by Farr, James R. / Journal of Social History
 
 
 
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