| The Covenanters, for instance, fought to rid Scotland of what they feared were popish influences. |
| Up until the Radical Covenanters confronted the government forces at Bothwell Brig they still had the support of some minor aristocrats. |
| Before this date, the Covenanters were usually referred to as Supplicants, but from about this time the former designation began to prevail. |
| The bishops were abolished by the Covenanters in 1638, when Parliament became an entirely lay assembly. |
| James saw Covenanters as troublemakers and initially tried to end their influence in Scotland. |
| The Covenanters raised an army to resist Charles I's religious reforms, and defeated him in the Bishops' Wars. |
