Ted Vallance
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This instead is a document which says that by the people establishing a new form of government...
certain forms of rights which are natural and innate and belong to all people will be protected against any form of governmental infringement, whether that's by the executive or whether that's by the legislator.
Now, we think this idea of the agreement to the people is introduced by a figure called John Wildman.
And it's Wildman who is one of a few civilian figures, although referred to often as civilian figures, although we think that they probably mostly had served in the parliamentarian army themselves.
who were involved with discussions of the army after the end of the Civil War.
So once the king's been taken into the army's custody, the army starts to develop its own proposals for negotiation with the king.
And what is going on within the army is a struggle between the rank and file and the officers.
The officers are seen as wanting a softer piece.
So figures like Cromwell, figures like Ireton are seen as wanting to give away too much to Charles.
On the other hand, you've got rank and file representatives, so-called agitators.
who are pushing for tougher negotiations.
And one of the things that they're really conscious of and they really want to protect is any risk of prosecution for actions undertaken in the civil war.
So they want indemnity.
Now the problem with that, the practical problem that they face, is how do we protect ourselves when a king in our constitution can basically overturn any kind of judgment through prerogative powers,
Or he can get a parliament to do it through him through statute law or a parliament, which is hostile to the army, can do it through passing a law.
So the agreement is a way of solving this conundrum of creating a settlement which the king and parliament cannot infringe these certain fundamental rights into.
which include indemnity, but they also extend to liberty of conscience, which is critically important for Puritans like Lilburn and for his fellow believers in extensive religious toleration, Richard Overton and William Wallin.
No, and I think if we think of a petition today, we might think of it as a fairly kind of low-level sort of political engagement or intervention.
You know, you click on a link to sign an online petition and you think you've done your bit.
That is not what they're doing in the 17th century.
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