Levellers and the constitutional rights and freedoms
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1517-0128.v2i17p7-20Keywords:
Levellers – freedom – right – constitution – toleranceAbstract
The aim of this paper is to present the Levellers’ main political ideas as well
as to evaluate the assertion of some scholars that they were the first modern democrats
who proposed a written constitution for the protection of natural and inalienable rights.
It intends to discuss whether it is possible to see the defence of constitutional rights and
freedoms in their pamphlets, almost all written between 1646 and 1649, particularly in the
different versions of Agreement of the People.
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