Thomas Fairfax Cameron, 3rd18 October 1647
The Levelllers demand a dissolution of Parliament within a year and substantial changes to the constitution of future Parliaments, which were to be regulated by an unalterable "law paramount"
England · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The Levelllers demand a dissolution of Parliament within a year and substantial changes to the constitution of future Parliaments, which were to be regulated by an unalterable "law paramount"
A radical group within the New Model Army, the Levellers, calls for constitutional reform
Supports the restoration of a constitutional monarchy
Lambert expells the Rump Parliament & institutes military rule through a Committee of Safety
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