What Was at Stake in the Putney Debates?

The arguments that took place in the village of Putney among the officers and soldiers of the New Model Army revealed fundamental divisions within the parliamentary forces.

A broadsheet of 1647 with images of the tradesmen who formed the core of radical support for the parliamentarian cause. Bridgeman Images.

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