Divisions within the army

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extent of political division 1647

  • grandees want to make a conservative settlement with the king

  • conservatism creates an open breach within the army itself

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heads of proposal consequence

  • settlement is too moderate

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impact of the arrival of the army in london

  • leads to a meeting of agitators, disgruntled army rank-and-file and civilian political radicals

  • threated the unity of the army

  • threatened attempt to reach a moderate settlement with the king

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leveller ideas october 1647

  • leveller john wildman and new agitators from five cavalry regiments publish the case of the army truly stated

  • merged old army grievances about pay and arrears and that the grandees had betrayed the soldiers and were conceding too much to the king 

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new political thread emergence

  • arguments for widespread political reform based on a truly representative parliament

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case of the army reworked into the

  • an agreement of the people

  • submitted to general fairfax