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Agreement of the Free People

England · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1649Date range
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Chronological records

1649

John Lilburne1 May 1649

London · Warfare / Civil War

Lilburne and fellow Levellers issue the Agreement of the Free People while imprisoned, setting out their constitutional programme.

John Lilburne1 May 1649

Tower of London · Warfare / Civil War

Lilburne and the imprisoned Leveller leaders issue "An Agreement of the Free People of England" as a proposed constitutional settlement

Names involved

John Lilburne

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