Agreement of the People

Agreement of the People
Titelblatt eines Drucks von 1647

Mit Agreement of the People (englisch, „Übereinkunft des Volkes”) waren verschiedene Versionen eines Manifests mit Verfassungsvorschlägen betitelt, die während und unmittelbar nach dem Englischen Bürgerkrieg kursierten. Sie werden meist mit den Levellers verbunden, es wurden aber auch Fassungen von den Agitators und dem Rat der New Model Army veröffentlicht. Enthalten waren politische Vorschläge oder Forderungen, die diese Gruppen besonders betrafen, oder solche von besonders großem allgemeinen Interesse. Zentrale Themen waren: Religionsfreiheit, Gleichheit vor dem Gesetz, allgemeine politische Teilhabe, Ende der Kerkerstrafen für Schuldner.

Nach dem Ende des Bürgerkriegs wurde das Agreement ab 1647 in den Putney-Debatten diskutiert und zusehends durch Ausnahmen verwässert, beispielsweise sollte die Religionsfreiheit nicht für Katholiken gelten und das Wahlrecht nur für erwachsene männliche Landbesitzer gelten. Schließlich erlitten die Levellers eine Niederlage, als die New Model Army sich für die Annahme eines anderes Dokuments als Grundlage ihrer Forderungen entschied: die Heads of Proposals, die von den Granden der Armee vorgelegt worden waren.

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