The Killing Time

The Killing Time
	Part of the Restoration
	; James Renwick executed in 1688
Date	c. 1680 – 1688
Location	Kingdom of Scotland (predominantly southwest)
Result	Presbyterianism accepted in 1690 Act of Settlement
Belligerents
Covenanters (Presbyterians)	Privy Council (Episcopalians and monarchy)
Commanders and leaders
James Renwick ; Richard Cameron †; Donald Cargill ; John Brown ;	James VII (King of Scotland, 1685–88); Charles II (King of Scotland until 1685); The Earl of Perth (Lord Chancellor, 1684–89); The Earl of Aberdeen (Lord Chancellor, 1682–84); The Duke of Rothes (Lord Chancellor, 1664–81); George Mackenzie (Lord Advocate, 1677–87); Viscount Dundee;
Casualties and losses
	c. 100 executions

The Killing Time was a period of conflict in Scottish history between the Presbyterian Covenanter movement, based largely in the southwest of the country, and the government forces of Kings Charles II and James VII. The period, roughly from 1679 to the Glorious Revolution of 1688, was subsequently called The Killing Time by Robert Wodrow in his The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution, published in 1721–22. It is an important episode in the martyrology of the Church of Scotland.