pike shotte epic battles scots covenanters battaliaThe Covenanters were those in Scotland who had signed the National Covenant in 1638 which opposed King Charles Is interference in religious matters when he attempted to impose changes on the Scottish Church. Although siding with Parliament in the Civil Wars, it was never their intention to remove King Charles from power, as they were supportive of the royal line and would later fight against Parliament in support of the Stuarts. The Covenanter army