Engagers
The Engagers | |
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A Covenanter's helmet from the period in the Museum of Edinburgh | |
| Founded | December 1647 |
| Dissolved | 1651 |
| Split from | Covenanters |
| Religion | Presbyterianism (Church of Scotland) |
The Engagers were a faction of the Scottish Covenanters, who made "The Engagement" with King Charles I in December 1647 while he was imprisoned in Carisbrooke Castle by the English Parliamentarians after his defeat in the First Civil War.