Putney Debates
Cromwell joins the effort to have proposals refined by committee, aiming to turn the dispute over the Agreement into a controlled constitutional programme
Putney Debates
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Putney Debates
Everard's participation shows that the debates resulted from pressure by New Agents elected from radical cavalry regiments rather than from officers alone
Putney Debates
Clarke's detailed transcription becomes patchier after this point, so later sessions of the Putney Debates are known less completely than the first days
Putney Debates
Sexby and the Agitators fail to secure adoption of the Leveller Agreement, but the debates leave a lasting record of soldiers demanding political consent
Putney Debates
Wildman's radical constitutional programme is not adopted at Putney, and the result is a modified officer-led approach rather than immediate popular sovereignty
Putney Debates
Ireton's moderate constitutional line prevails over the Leveller demand for the Agreement to become the Army's official settlement programme
Putney Debates
Cromwell backs suspension of the Army Council meetings because the Grandees fear that continued debate over the King and the Agreement will damage military discipline
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Fairfax's authority is used as the Army leadership orders Agitators and representative officers back to their regiments, bringing the debates to a temporary close
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