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The Putney Debates were a series of discussions held at St Mary's Church in Putney over several days in late October and November 1647. Transcribed by clerk William Clarke, the debates took place between factions of the New Model Army, primarily the elected representatives known as Agitators and sen...
The "Agreement of the People" was a manifesto drafted by the Leveller movement during the English Civil War in 1647. This document proposed a written constitution for England and advocated for near-universal male suffrage, a radical concept at the time. It emerged from debates at Putney where senior...
The Westminster Confession of Faith is a systematic statement of Reformed Christian doctrine prepared by the Westminster Assembly in the 1640s. It addresses Scripture, God, creation, providence, salvation, worship, civil government, the church, and the sacraments within a Calvinist theological frame...
